I believe that the director’s strategy of allowing the subjects to film themselves effectively mitigates the racial, cultural and class differences between the director’s subjectivity and her subjects. The Monkey Dance explores the lives of three Cambodian-American teenagers in Massachusetts. These teenagers are filming themselves, which makes it easier for them to express themselves without being told what to do by other people. In the film, the teenagers can freely express their true feelings and thoughts about growing up in America with their immigrant parents. As what Julie states on her Monkey Dance Press Kit, she wants to capture authentic voice in her films. This allows the viewers to understand and discovers the real life situations