By Andreas Wiseman International Editor EXCLUSIVE: Well-received SXSW selection The Donut King has been boarded for international sales by UK outfit Independent.
CAA reps domestic. The Scott Free-produced documentary won a Special Jury Award at SXSW, whose physical edition was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus.
Alice Gu’s directorial debut tells the rags to riches story of Ted Ngoy, a refugee who escaped the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia for America where in the 1970s he built an unlikely multi-million dollar donut empire.
Ngoy sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming refugees and helped them get on their feet teaching them the ways of the donut business.
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