Hollywood Chinese (2007) – 89 minutes

Schedule

Fri Oct 07 2022 at 06:00 pm to 09:30 pm

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Mechanics' Institute | San Francisco, CA

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Hollywood Chinese examines Chinese representation in mainstream American films from the earliest silent days to the early 21st century.
About this Event

Co-sponsored by Chinese Historical Society of America

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.”

El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.

October 7 – Hollywood Chinese, 2007, 89 minutes, directed by Arthur Dong, featuring Nancy Kwan, James Hong, Wayne Wang, and Luise Rainer.

Hollywood Chinese examines Chinese representation in mainstream American films from the earliest silent days to the early 21st century. The Fu Manchu series, yellowface and whitewashing, and various breakthroughs and disappointments are covered with a trove of clips and interviews. Dong gathered an impressive array of actors, directors, and writers to share their stories and thoughts, including B. D. Wong (M. Butterfly), Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club), Christopher Lee (The Face of Fu Manchu), Nancy Kwan (The World of Susie Wong, Flower Drum Song), Wayne Wang (Chan is Missing), and Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). The result is an invaluable capturing of film history.

Arthur Dong, Academy Award nominated director of Hollywood Chinese, will join the post-screening discussion via Zoom.

CinemaLit / October 2022 – Exposing Chinese Stereotypes in Film

The Mechanics' Institute Library has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts "Big Read" grant. The grant showcases a single book through a range of tours, discussions, seminars, and screenings. The honored book is Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown (2020), a remarkable novel exploring immigration and the limitations of Chinese identity in modern America. It's funny and sad, and creatively written to read like a screenplay.

In the spirit of Interior Chinatown, October at CinemaLit will feature "Exposing Chinese Stereotypes in Film." Our opening film is Hollywood Chinese (2007), Arthur Dong's compelling documentary exploring the history of Chinese representation in American films. We follow that with three films featured prominently in Hollywood Chinese, each offering their own point of view on representation, identity, and stereotyping: Shanghai Express (1932), The Good Earth (1937), and Enter the Dragon (1973).

Arthur Dong is an Oscar®-nominated, and Peabody and triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, author and curator whose work centers on Asian American and LGBTQ stories. Among Dong’s over 100 film excellence awards are the Berlin Film Festival’s Teddy Award, Taiwan’s Golden Horse Award, two consecutive GLAAD Media Awards and five Emmy nominations.

Check out the Chinese Historical Society's exhibit , and the CHSA Cinema Under the Sky series,.


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