Hollywood Chinese

Hollywood Chinese

90 mins | Documentary | March 18, 2007

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.

Hollywood Chinese

90 mins | Documentary | March 18, 2007

Hollywood Chinese
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), DeepFocus Productions Inc.
Original title Hollywood Chinese
Directors Arthur Dong
Writers Arthur Dong

Cast

Turhan Bey

as Self

Joan Chen

as Self

Tsai Chin

as Self

Stephen Gong

as Self

James Hong

as Self

Nancy Kwan

as Self

Christopher Lee

as Self

Ang Lee

as Self

James Leong Jr.

as Self

Justin Lin

as Self

Lisa Lu

as Self

Luise Rainer

as Self

James Shigeta

as Self

Amy Tan

as Self

Wayne Wang

as Self

BD Wong

as Self