About the Documentary — Nailed It

Nailed It premiered on PBS in May 2019 and remains the highest streamed film of the America Reframed series

A fortuitous encounter with 20 Vietnamese refugee women and The Birds actress Tippi Hedren in 1975, sparks the Asian nail salon as we know it. In this hour long documentary, Nailed It takes viewers from Los Angeles to the Bronx to meet the diverse people and relationships behind this booming and enigmatic trade.

Through the international journey embarked upon by director Adele Pham, this unique film captures an unforgettable and often hilarious saga born of tragedy — charting the rise, struggle, stereotypes, and steady hold Vietnamese Americans have on today’s $8 billion dollar nail industry.