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Official Trailer for 'Brother Orange' Documentary About Two Friends
FirstShowing.netStory by Alex Billington
scrn logline
Two ordinary men from different countries form an extraordinary friendship after a stolen phone leads to an unlikely connection across cultural divides.
beat sheet
- In 2014, BuzzFeed writer Matt Stopera's phone was stolen in NYC, only to reappear a year later in the photo stream of a Chinese man known as 'Brother Orange' - this chance encounter sparked a global sensation.
- As their 10-year friendship anniversary nears, this documentary chronicles how Matt and Brother Orange overcame language barriers and political tensions to forge a profound personal bond, with Matt even coming out to his new friend.
call sheet
Matt Stopera, Li Hongjun (Brother Orange), BuzzFeed, Brother Orange