East of Main Street: Milestones

East of Main Street: Milestones

Life. Death. And everything in between. Celebrate America's diversity

Directed by Jonathan Yi

Produced by HBO, HBO Documentary Films

201323 min5.7 / 10

A respectful, community-focused documentary celebrating how Asian Americans mark life's pivotal moments through cultural and spiritual traditions.

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been produced for the past three years to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s episode, Milestones, focuses on how different groups of Asian Americans mark the milestones throughout their lives.

Questions people ask

  • Is East of Main Street: Milestones scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is East of Main Street: Milestones violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is East of Main Street: Milestones easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Does East of Main Street: Milestones end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is East of Main Street: Milestones sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity79

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Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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