Film Screening and Discussion: “Pioneering Asian American Stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Name: Film Screening and Discussion: “Pioneering Asian American Stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Start: 2024-09-25T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-09-25T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 240 E St, Eureka, CA, United States, California 95501

Schedule

Wed Sep 25 2024 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

240 E St, Eureka, CA, United States, California 95501 | Eureka, CA

“Pioneering Asian American Stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.”
Description: Screening of two films, Phantom of Chinatown (1940) and Daughter of Shanghai (1937) followed by a discussion. The two films are rare examples of “Golden Age” Asian-themed movies that starred Asian American actors rather than Euro-American actors in “yellowface.”
Admission: Free
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Doors open at 5:00 p.m.)
Location: Humboldt County Library, Eureka, Large Meeting Room

This free event is a part of the Chinese Pioneers: Power and Politics in Exclusion Era Photographs, a new exhibition at the Clarke Historical Museum. This exhibition, made possible with substantial support from a California Humanities grant awarded to Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) as part of “Recovering Eureka’s Chinatown Past," will run from September 7 to December 29, 2024. Visit www.calhum.org

Este evento es parte de "Pioneros Chinos: Poder y Política en Fotografías de la Era de la Exclusión," una nueva exposición en el Museo Histórico Clarke. Esta exposición fue posible gracias al importante apoyo de una beca de California Humanities otorgada a Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) como parte de "Recuperando el Pasado de Chinatown en Eureka," y estará abierta del 7 de septiembre al 29 de diciembre de 2024.Visite www.calhum.org.