qhia dab neeg

50 years of hmong film

In Progress has celebrated Hmong films and filmmakers through the Qhia Dab Neeg Film Festival since 2010. Fifteen years later, artists came together to create a digital archive featuring 43 filmic stories spanning nearly 50 years of Hmong filmmaking in Minnesota. This living collection celebrates Hmong creativity, culture, and storytelling through films, shorts, television segments, music videos, interviews, and more—preserving stories from the past while lifting up the voices shaping the future of Hmong media.