Sky Blossom
Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Richard Lui which profiles five students across the United States who are caregivers for their disabled military veteran parents or grandparents. Variety magazine named the film as a shortlist contender for the 2021 Oscars, and also qualified for that year's awards. The film was the most widely distributed documentary of 2021. It won the "Feature Film" category of the 72nd Christopher Awards. The documentary was released in theaters nationwide for one night only through a community partnership of AMC Theatres and Universal Pictures. The film premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with a drive-in theater event on Veterans Day 2020. The film was later broadcast on MSNBC in May 2021. Synopsis Five families are profiled in the film, each with a student providing care for a veteran parent or grandparent with disabilities. The film refers to these students as the "Next Greatest Generation." Allen Family (McMinnville, Tennessee): High school cheerleader Deryn Allen has been helping her father, Chaz, an Army veteran who lost his legs after stepping on a bomb, put on his prosthetics since she was eight years