Prod/Dir - S. Leo Chiang • TRT 71 min • [email protected]

What happens when the naiveté of a political rookie clashes with the realities of racial politics in the American South and partisan power struggles of Washington DC? MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON is a fascinating character study of Rep. Joseph Cao (R-New Orleans)--the first Vietnamese American elected to the Congress and the only Republican to vote for President Obama's Health Care Reform Bill. Will Cao make it through his term with his idealism intact?