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Yellowface : Asian whitewashing and racism in Hollywood : a history of Asian representation on the Hollywood screen / Wichita Films & OCS present with the participation of Histoire & Kali Pictures ; a film by Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: [United States] : Wichita Films, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781954458659
  • 1954458657
Other title:
  • Asian whitewashing and racism in Hollywood
  • History of Asian representation on the Hollywood screen
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Edited by Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg ; music by Myma.
Nancy Wang Yuen, Tamlyn Tomita, Joseph McBride, Dan Akira.Summary: The attack on Pearl Harbor on the seventh of December 1941 changed the world forever. The United States entered WW Two. More than 110,000 citizens of Japanese origin were rounded up and dispatched to camps until the end of the war. With the arrival of the Cold War, the enemy image had to change quickly, and Hollywood obliged. Clara and Julia Kuperberg found the right interview partners in Joseph McBride, film critic; Nancy Wang Yuen, author of "Reel Inequality"; Tamlyn Tomita, actress, and Dan Akira, specialist of Japanese film history, to show how strong an influence the silver screen has on society.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 791.4365 Y43 Available 33111009963519
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The attack on Pearl Harbor on the seventh of December 1941 changed the world forever. The United States entered WW Two. More than 110,000 citizens of Japanese origin were rounded up and dispatched to camps until the end of the war. With the arrival of the Cold War, the enemy image had to change quickly, and Hollywood obliged. Clara and Julia Kuperberg found the right interview partners in Joseph McBride, film critic; Nancy Wang Yuen, author of 'Reel Inequality'; Tamlyn Tomita, actress, and Dan Akira, specialist of Japanese film history, to show how strong an influence the silver screen has on society.

DVD, all regions NTSC, widescreen (16x9); Dolby stereo.

English audio; English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; closed-captioned.

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Originally released in 2018.

Wide screen (16x9).

The attack on Pearl Harbor on the seventh of December 1941 changed the world forever. The United States entered WW Two. More than 110,000 citizens of Japanese origin were rounded up and dispatched to camps until the end of the war. With the arrival of the Cold War, the enemy image had to change quickly, and Hollywood obliged. Clara and Julia Kuperberg found the right interview partners in Joseph McBride, film critic; Nancy Wang Yuen, author of "Reel Inequality"; Tamlyn Tomita, actress, and Dan Akira, specialist of Japanese film history, to show how strong an influence the silver screen has on society.

Not rated.

Edited by Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg ; music by Myma.

Nancy Wang Yuen, Tamlyn Tomita, Joseph McBride, Dan Akira.

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