Origin Story (2018)

When Kulap Vilaysack was 14 she took her fathers side in an argument and her mother replied Why are you defending him Hes not your real dad Twenty years later shes finally ready to learn what that means ORIGIN STORY is a featurelength international quest with stops in Los Angeles Minnesota and Laos to meet the biological father she never knew On the road unforeseen revelations strike as hilarious or heartbreaking rarely in between An avid comic book reader with a vigilante character named after her in the DC Comics universe she must summon the courage of Katharsis because each question is another step out on a limb ORIGIN STORY is a deeply personal but universally relevant tale of immigration conflict addiction and personal responsibility Interviewees in the film include extended family husband Scott Aukerman and close friends like Sarah Silverman Casey Wilson June Diane Raphael and Howard Kremer