Experimental | DVD
Producer/Director: Valerie Soe
Ethnicity: Chinese
Subjects: Identity, Personal Stories, Youth
This film is part of the collection: Talking Back to Your Television: Video Art & Activism.
This videotape uses hand-drawn illustrations and found footage to explore the conflicts of a child caught between her Chinese American background and the stereotypes and expectations created by mainstream American film and television images. After a grade-school event, she comes to terms with her ethnicity.
Other Films in the Collection
All Orientals Look the Same & Black Sheep [see Talking Back to Your Television: Video Art & Activism]Mixed Blood [see Talking Back to Your Television: Video Art & Activism]