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The Slanted screen Asian men in film and television
Title
The Slanted screen [electronic resource (video)] : Asian men in film and television / Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales (Firm)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2006.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (55 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Jan. 28, 2010.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
This award-winning documentary explores portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experience of actors who have struggled against Hollywood's ethnic stereotyping and discriminatory practices. The Slanted Screen covers the practice of using Caucasian actors in yellowface makeup, drawing upon a wealth of materials, including 50 rare film clips spanning a century. The program, which was broadcasted nationally on PBS, features voice-over narration by Daniel Dae Kim as well as interviews with actors Mako, James Shigeta, Jason Scott Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Will Yun Lee, and Tzi Ma; producer Terence Chang; director Justin Lin; and casting director Heidi Levitt.
Variant and related titles
Asian men in film and television
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Originally produced: Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales (Firm) , 2010
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Contents
Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Screen Star (1:21)
Asian Sex Symbol (1:04)
First Asian Leading Man (0:48)
Caricatures of Asian Males (1:01)
Asian Male Roles: Diabolical (0:48)
WWII and Cold War Propaganda Films (2:02)
Sessue Hayakawa Returns to Hollywood (0:46)
Mako in "The Sand Pebbles" (0:51)
Asian Men as Complex People (1:20)
Themes: Interracial Dating and Marriage (1:36)
All-Asian Cast (0:48)
Racial Equality and (0:43)
Caricatures of Asian Men in Movies (0:58)
Bruce Lee's Meteoric Rise (1:00)
Bruce Lee and Asian Pride (0:56)
Bruce Lee: A Stereotype? (1:05)
Bruce Lee: Asian Sensation (1:15)
Bruce Lee's Untimely Death (1:09)
Movie Stereotype of Asian Male (1:35)
Asian Males Emasculated in Film (1:12)
Stereotypical Asian Male (1:24)
Stereotypes Limit Aspirations (1:54)
Asian Children and Racial Self-Hate (1:19)
Asian Males: Movie Criminals (1:07)
Change in Racial Stereotyping (1:21)
Television Executives Dismiss Diversity (1:31)
Self-Identification as Chinese (1:05)
Agents of Change (1:12)
Casting Director and Diversity (0:32)
"21 Jump Street" (1:15)
Television Error: Retell the Story (1:16)
Asian in "Dante's Peak" (1:25)
Revolutionary Film Event (1:12)
Bobby Lee: Anti-Stereotype (1:18)
Stereotypes to Challenge (1:01)
What's the Harm in Stereotypes? (0:59)
Asian-American Identity (1:31)
Filipino-American Film (1:07)
Universal Stories About People (1:23)
Goal of a Film (0:34)
Advice to Young Asians (1:19)
Creativity and Rebellion (1:56)
New Generation of Filmmakers (0:58)
Videorecording number
41296 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales (Firm)
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