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Hollywood Chinese (2007)
Directed by Arthur Dong
Documentary, History · 1h 30m
Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues, and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.
Cast
James Hong
Ang Lee
Luise Rainer
Joan Chen
Lisa Lu
James Shigeta
Tsai Chin
Nancy Kwan
Christopher Lee
Justin Lin
David Henry Hwang
Crew
- Director
- Arthur Dong
- Writer
- Arthur Dong
- Director of Photography
- Hiroki Miyano, Robert Shepard
- Original Music Composer
- Mark Adler
- Editor
- Arthur Dong
- Producer
- Arthur Dong
Details
- Release date
- 2007-03-18
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Swedish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- DeepFocus Productions Inc., Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)