Hollywood Chinese

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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.

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Cast

James Hong actor Ang Lee actor

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Luise Rainer actor Joan Chen actor Lisa Lu actor James Shigeta actor

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Tsai Chin actor Nancy Kwan actor Christopher Lee actor Justin Lin actor David Henry Hwang actor

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Stephen Gong actor

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James Leong Jr. actor Wayne Wang actor Amy Tan actor BD Wong actor

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Turhan Bey actor