Bobby Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Dustin Nguyen
In this hourlong documentary, filmmaker Jeff Adachi salutes groundbreaking entertainers while turning a critical lens on the ways in which American cinema has depicted Asian men. Segments focus on the...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007
Stats: 28 reviews
Includes greatly specific examples of stereotypes in mainstream films but never coming off as nitpicking or a brothers on the wall moment.
The only fault is that its focus is solely on strong male role for Americans who happen to be of Asian descent. And running at only an hour i...( read more)
Quite informative and thoughtful, but it does focus almost exclusively on men.
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