Yellow tale blues [electronic resource] : two American families / directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima, Produced by Quynh Thai.

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1991.

English

This edition in English.

1 online resource (29 min.).

The producers of Who Killed Vincent Chin? turned the camera on their own families to make this innovative documentary on ethnic stereotypes. Clips from Hollywood movies, from a vintage silent film to Breakfast at Tiffany s, reveal nearly a century of disparaging images of Asians. These images are juxtaposed with portraits of the Choys, an immigrant, working class family, and the Tajimas, a fourth-generation middle class California family. Seeing the efforts of these families to establish themselves in America makes the celluloid images seem both laughable and sad.

Originally released as DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

For High School; College; Adult audiences.

Asian/Pacific American Heritage, Smithsonian Institution, 1991
Juror's Citation, Black Maria Film Festival, 1991

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