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Kate Tsang s film debut combines weirdo magic with the joy of Asian American family life
Tracy Brown
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Filmmaker Kate Tsang, pictured at Catalina Verdugo Adobe Park in Glendale on Tuesday, wrote and directed Marvelous and the Black Hole, premiering at Sundance. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
“Marvelous and the Black Hole” will make you believe in magic.
Filmmaker Kate Tsang’s feature directorial debut follows Sammy (Miya Cech), a 13-year-old delinquent struggling with her grief over the death of her mother. After her exasperated father enrolls her in a summer business class, Sammy meets the gruff magician Margot (Rhea Perlman), who is on her way to perform a show for kids. And through this new friendship and some magic lessons things start to change for Sammy. ....

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