IN DISCUSSION: ANNA MAY WONG
CAAM’s very own Stephen Gong and Theresa Navarro will be joining Dr. Elaine H. Kim at USF in a discussion of Yunha Hong’s new film ANNA MAY WONG: IN HER OWN WORDS and explore the larger topic of Asian Americans in film, yesterday and today.
Tuesday – March 8, 2011 – 5:45 PM
USF Main Campus, Fromm Hall
Enter from Parker Street between Golden Gate & Fulton, San Francisco
The USF Center for the Pacific Rim in conjunction with the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival presents The Asian American Acting Legacy of Anna May Wong
“One considerable spot of yellow that has come to stay on the silver of the screen”, as she referred to herself, Anna May Wong was a pioneer in American film at a time when both her gender and her race were problematic.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
RSVP recommended. Please call (415) 422-6828.
Co-sponsored by the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.