Film Screening - Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words

Date
Wed May 1st 2013, 7:00 - 8:30pm
Event Sponsor
Center for East Asian Studies
Location
Building 200 - Room 002 (Basement),
450 Serra Mall Stanford University
Film Screening - Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words
Speaker:

Yunah Hong will present her documentary, “Anna May Wong” (2010) along with her talk about how she was interested in Anna May Wong (1905-1961) as the person, not as a victim to play stereotyped Asian roles -- lotus flower or dragon lady: “How did this teenager from Los Angeles become world-famous, independent and cosmopolitan, a woman ahead of her time?” This year is the fifty second anniversary of her death, and no Asian American woman has matched her accomplishments as a star and actress.  Still, most people haven’t heard of her.  Why?  She will talk about how she went looking for answers for those questions and tried to bring her personality to the documentary.  

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