American Masters

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Audience Member http://filmreviewsnsuch.blogspot.com/2011/12/hollywood-chinese.html Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Arthur Dong gives us unprecedented access to trail blazers of Asian American cinema--both current and legendary. Through a careful balance of archival footage, movie clips, and importantly, rich, informative, and moving interviews, we get a front-stage look at the various historical stages of Chinese Americans in mainstream cinema along with what is in store for this community in the future. This important work gives Chinese Americans hope that Hollywood will shift to be more reflective of diverse communities and also gives the mainstream community a template and a vision of how Chinese Americans ought to be represented--that is, as fully-human, three-dimensional characters and not merely stereotypes in the background of someone else's story. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A very entertaining documentary about Chinese film history in US. As the new Chinese filmmakers have become greatly acclaimed in the world now, this one shows and reminds audience that Chinese filmmakers have shined in the film history all along. Whether Bruce Lee to Jet Li or Nancy Kwan to Zhang Ziyi. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Set me thinking about the stereotypes of asian actors in Hollywood as well as insensitivity of race issue in Hollywood. American Born Chinese relooked at through light of this film. Somehow I think it is rather similar to asian designers breaking into the design world. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A good, very solid documentary about the role of Chinese-Americans in film. Lots of great interview footage with Asian Americans who have been apart of film history, and the movie looks at some films that have really helped shape and define the Asian culture in Hollywood. Although a bit dry at times, it covers a nice, broad range of film history and is definitely an interesting and educational film to watch. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic! Honest and moving. I only wish it could have lasted longer. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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