The Grace Lee Project

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Audience Member Funny and thoughtful exploration of the diversity of Asian American identity. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member More than a little pretentious as a concept, but I really enjoyed two of the individual stories (the ones about the Asian Black activist and the woman who helped her domestically abused friend). There didn't seem like the filmmaker had much to say other than "there's a lot of Grace Lees" so that her observations and everything seemed really scatterbrained. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Cute and fun little documentary about the common asian name Grace Lee:) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Much better than I expected. The jesus freak girl kind of spooked me, but I think she would be cool to know IRL. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched this film last night. It is a relatively by-the-book exploration of identity and prevailing cultural stereotypes of Asian American women (predominately in the United States). I was most struck by the overwhelming presence of christianity and Grace Kelly in the film, which does seem to reinforce the arguments of Richard Dyer and others as to the cultural hegemony of whiteness in the form of the pure white woman. In talking with the filmmaker after the screening, she seemed just as surprised by these two themes as I was, but believed that they were as much generational as anything else. I can understand this, but I think that it also points to a dominant ideological paradigm whereby white women are the epitome to which all other non-white women are implicitly directed to emulate, lest they be considered "abnormal." I eagerly anticipate the feature length documentary on Grace Lee Boggs. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting, humorous, revealing. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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