In Memoriam: Tyrus Wong (1910-2016)
The talented artist’s work and life story is captured on film in a new documentary.
The talented artist’s work and life story is captured on film in a new documentary.
With a century of stories and achievements captured in over a decade of filmmaking, Pamela Tom’s award-winning TYRUS paints a beautifully intimate portrait of 105-year-old artist Tyrus Wong.
Thanks for all your contributions to our great, mutual journey, with one common destiny. Perhaps we have all been flowers growing between concrete and stone. But we are also the forest.
While TYRUS is a film that puts a human face to our nation of immigrants, it is also a love story about family and art.
See what CAAM staffers and a Superfan recommend for CAAMFest 2016.
Announcing our Opening Night Film, TYRUS, plus get in on the action early by scoring discounted early bird tickets to CAAMFest2016’s Opening Night, CAAMFeast, and the early bird All-Access Pass
The documentary focuses on the life of artist and early Disney animation concept artist Tyrus Wong, who is 105 years-old.
CAAM has awarded production and acquisition funds for nine documentaries by or about Asian Americans in 2014.