American Masters

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12/23/2011 http://filmreviewsnsuch.blogspot.com/2011/12/hollywood-chinese.html See more 11/20/2011 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. See more 04/13/2010 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. See more 09/08/2009 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. See more 06/21/2009 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. See more 06/02/2009 Fantastic! Honest and moving. I only wish it could have lasted longer. See more Read all reviews

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