Collections/August 2022

Hollywood Chinese

Featuring a new introduction by filmmaker Arthur Dong As long as Hollywood has existed, Chinese and Chinese American lives and artists have been an integral part of its story—though their contributions have often been marginalized, erased, and complicated by a tangled history of racism and (mis)representation. Presented alongside curator Arthur Dong’s illuminating documentary Hollywood Chinese , this program spans cinema’s first hundred years to explore the ways in which the Chinese have been imagined in American feature films, confronting an often grotesque legacy of stereotypes (exemplified by the practice of white actors portraying Asian characters in yellowface) and spotlighting the indelible contributions of trailblazing talents like stars Anna May Wong ( Daughter of the Dragon ) and Nancy Kwan ( The World of Suzie…

25 films — 1 on the Channel, 24 unavailable