Community Movie Night: Blurring the Color Line with Crystal Kwok
About this Event
The 1882 Foundation is celebrating America's 250th birthday with a series of events July that explore Chinese American contributions to the American story.
Join us for a community movie night and conversation with film-maker Crystal Kwok as we screen Blurring the Color Line, an award-winning documentary that goes beyond the Black-and-white narrative of American racial history.
Blurring the Color Line follows director Crystal Kwok on a personal journey of discovery, uncovering how her grandmother's family navigated life as Chinese grocery store owners in the Black community of Augusta, Georgia during the Jim Crow era. Centering women's experiences, Kwok poses critical questions around the intersections of race, power, and identity in the American South — exploring how marginalized communities were pitted against each other under segregation.
This event is free. If you would like to support this event and similar programs with a donation via PayPal, the suggested amount is $5: https://1882foundation.org/donate.
Event Schedule:
- 5:30 PM — Check-in
- 6:00 PM — Screening
- 7:15 PM — Community discussion w/Crystal Kwok
About the Director
Crystal Kwok is an award-winning filmmaker, actress, and scholar who established her career in Hong Kong as an actress, writer, director, and talk show host. She holds a PhD in Performance Studies and a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and currently teaches at the University of Hong Kong. Her documentary Blurring the Color Line was streamed nationally on PBS under America ReFramed and has won multiple awards including the Courage Award at the DisOrient Film Festival and the Mira Nair Rising Female Filmmaker Award at the Harlem International Film Festival. Through both her creative and scholarly work, Crystal is committed to breaking boundaries and amplifying the voices of women and marginalized communities.
About Us
The 1882 Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the history, experiences, and contributions of Chinese Americans are recognized, preserved, and included in the American story.
Learn more here: https://1882foundation.org
Questions? Please reach out to James: [email protected].
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