During the month of June — on Tuesday and Thursdays all month! — 37 films examining the portrayal of Asians in classic movies will be featured on TCM in a festival series, Race & Hollywood: Asian Images in Film. The festival is co-hosted by Robert Osborne (TCM’s primetime host) and Dr. Peter X Feng, an associate professor of film, ethnic and cultural studies at the University of Delaware and expert on Asian American film.
For a full schedule, video clips, photo gallery, articles and more; go to:
www.tcm.com/aif
There’s an interview with Dr. Peter X. Feng on the Hyphen Blog –
http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/cgi-bin/blog/mt-tb.cgi/1124
Here’s a list of films to be shown, with links to the descriptions on TCM’s web site — enjoy!!
- Tuesday, June 3
The Slanted Screen (2006)
The Cheat (1915)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
The Dragon Painter (1919)
Mr. Wu (1927)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
- Thursday, June 5
Anna May Wong-Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (2008)
The Toll of the Sea (1922)
Old San Francisco (1927)
Piccadilly (1929)
Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
Shanghai Express (1932) - Tuesday, June 10
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
Daughter of Shanghai (1937) - Thursday, June 12
The Good Earth (1937)
Dragon Seed (1944)
China Sky (1945)
First Yank Into Tokyo (1945) - Tuesday, June 17
Go for Broke! (1951)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Walk Like a Dragon (1960) - Thursday, June 19
Bridge to the Sun (1961)
China Doll (1958)
Sayonara (1957)
The World of Suzie Wong (1960) - Tuesday, June 24
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
The Mountain Road (1960)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
Enter the Dragon (1973) - Thursday, June 26
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Mr. Baseball (1992)