On Thursday, April 11th, Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded was screened and discussed at an event at the Hess Commons at Columbia University. Titled “Micro-aggressions in Popular Culture,” the event featured both Reloaded and a short narrative film called Bleached followed by a panel which included doctoral student Suah Kim who answered questions about the themes in […]
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Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded (2011)
Duration: 30 minutes Directed by: Elaine H. Kim Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded is a 30-minute sequel to Slaying the Dragon. Reloaded looks at the past 25 years of representation of Asian and Asian American women in U.S. visual media — from blockbuster films and network television to Asian American cinema and YouTube — to explore […]
Slaying the Dragon: Asian Women in U.S. Television and Film (1988)
Directed by: Deborah Gee Duration: 60 minutes SLAYING THE DRAGON is the first and only comprehensive documentary that explores media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister dragon lady, […]
Labor Women (2002)
Duration: 30 minutes Directed by: Renee Tajima-Peña The half-hour documentary, Labor Women, is a portrait of three immigrant daughters who are part of a new generation transforming the American labor movement. Quynh Nguyen is a trilingual organizer who moves easily between Vietnamese, Spanish, and English as she mobilizes meatpackers in their demands for a union […]
Art to Art: Expressions of Asian American Women (1993)
Duration: 30 minutes Directed by: Valerie Soe Four Asian American women filmmakers present vignettes of four Asian American visual artists in a cross-ethnic, cross-genre dialogue about art, gender, and cultural politics.
Talking History (1984)
Duration: 30 minutes Directed by: Spencer Nakasako Portraits of five women of different generations, occupations, and ethnic backgrounds, from an elderly Chinese seamstress living in San Francisco Chinatown to a young Hmong mother farming near Fresno.
With Silk Wings (1982)
Duration: 30 minutes each Directed by: Loni Ding Video 1: Four Women Video 2: Frankly Speaking Video 3: On New Ground The With Silk Wings project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education (Women’s Educational Equality Act) to enhance employment opportunities for Asian American women. Four women presents stories about a Chinese American labor […]
