About Hollywood Chinese
- Released on March 18, 2007
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.
Full Cast of Hollywood Chinese
Turhan Bey plays Self
Joan Chen plays Self
Tsai Chin plays Self
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tsai Chin, also known by her Chinese name Zhou Caiqin, is an actress, directo...
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James Hong plays Self
James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is a Chinese American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Paci...
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Nancy Kwan plays Self
Christopher Lee plays Self
Christopher Lee was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as...
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James Leong Jr. plays Self
Justin Lin plays Self
Justin Lin is a Taiwanese-American film director whose films have grossed $2 billion worldwide. He is best known for ...
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Lisa Lu Yan (simplified Chinese: 卢燕; traditional Chinese: 盧燕; pinyin: Lú Yàn; born July 8, 1927) is a Chinese-born Am...
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James Shigeta plays Self
Amy Tan plays Self
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 and is currently 72 years old.
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BD Wong plays Self
BD Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor, best-known for his roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, ...
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