Hollywood Chinese

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Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Featured Films
Directed by Arthur Dong
Produced by Arthur Dong[1]
Written by Arthur Dong
Starring Ang Lee
Nancy Kwan
Christopher Lee
Wayne Wang
Music by Mark Adler[1]
Distributed by Deep Focus Productions[1]
Release date(s) May 2, 2008 Flag of the United States United States[2]
Running time 89 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Featured Films is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Academy Award-nominated director Arthur Dong.

From early films like the 1900's Beheading the Chinese Prisoner to Ang Lee's triumphant Brokeback Mountain in 2005, Dong utilizes clips of more than 100 films and interviews of prominent Chinese Americans to create a thorough overview on the depiction of Chinese in mainstream Hollywood films. He hits many major points such as yellowface in both Charlie Chan and Fu Manchu series, Nancy Kwan's roles in The World of Suzie Wong, Bruce Lee and the emergence of martial arts films and Justin Lin's take on his film Better Luck Tomorrow. People interviewed include Christopher Lee, Wayne Wang, James Hong, Luise Rainer, Amy Tan and B. D. Wong. Dong also spends time talking about his discovery of two reels of the 1916-17 silent film The Curse of Quon Gwon, which is considered to be the first feature film made by an Asian American.

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This film got 100% on the tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c Profile on Hollywood Chinese, Hollywood.com
  2. ^ a b Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2008), Rotten Tomatoes.

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