Slaying the dragon
Deborah Gee (Television producer, Television director), Pamela Porter (Television director), Elaine H. Kim (Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter), Eliza Y. Chan (Film producer), Susanna Ng-Lee (Film producer), Evelyn Rodriguez (Film producer), Jane Singh (Film producer), Yun Suh (Film producer), Herb Wong (Narrator), Nobu McCarthy (Interviewee), Arthur Asa Berger (Interviewee), Jaime Kibben (Interviewee), Kim Miyori (Interviewee), James Shigeta (Interviewee), Nancy Kwan (Interviewee), Sara Ishikawa (Interviewee), John Korty (Interviewee), Amy Hill (Interviewee), Wayne Wang (Interviewee), Emiko Omori, David Werk, Blair Gershkow (Editor of moving image work), Bill Henderson, Dave Yamasaki, Duke Ellington, Marc Ream, Robin D. G. Kelley (Interviewee), Amna Shiekh (Interviewee), Ishle Yi Park (Interviewee), Margaret Rhee (Interviewee), John Cho (Interviewee), Mira Nair (Interviewee), Alice Wu (Interviewee), Jeff Yang (Interviewee), Chelsea Walton (Editor of moving image work), Hiro Matsuo, Casey Peck, Herman Lew, Irum Shiekh, Marissa Aroy, Pacific Productions (Production company), Asian Women United of California (Production company, Contributor, Publisher), KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif) (Contributor, Broadcaster)
Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures as well as other filmic media, with "Reloaded" updating the original documentary by noting the effects of globalization and a changing population within the past 25 years. Includes interviews with actresses and other Asian American women who describe their experiences of such stereotyping. 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, to seductive Suzie Wong and the subservient '50's geisha girls, to the Asian American anchorwoman of today - these fascinating films show how images of exoticism and docility socially and psychologically impact Asian American women. "Reloaded" continues with 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 what's changed, what's been recycled, and what we can hope for in the future
DVD Video, English, 2011