Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words

20117+57 min

Anna May Wong was one of the few actors to transition from silent to sound cinema, yet she spent most of her career typecast as a painted doll or a dragon lady. For years, generations of Chinese-Americans frowned upon the roles she played; but today a younger generation of Asian Americans sees her as a pioneering artist. Hong's documentary explores the impact she had on Asian Americans in cinema

Genres:Documentary

Director:Yunah Hong

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Added to Amazon Prime Video:April 5, 2022