Title The slanted screen / written, directed and produced by Jeff Adachi ; a co-production by Jeff Adachi and the Center for Asian American Media

Edition [Broadcast version] Published [San Francisco, CA] : AAMM Productions, [2006]

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 55 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences Summary From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold & Kumar Go to Whitecastle, The Slanted Screen explores the portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experiences of actors who have had to struggle against ethnic stereotyping and limiting roles. The film presents a critical examination of Hollywood's image-making machine, through a fascinating parade of 50 film filmclips spanning a century Notes Originally released as a motion picture in 2006 Broadcast version of film; the theatrical version runs 62 min., and has a different narrator Credits Principal photography by Ann Kaneko ; edited by Alex Yeung ; musical score by Michael Becker Performer Interviewees: Mako, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, James Shigeta, Dustin Nguyen, Phillip Rhee, Will Yun Lee, Tzi Ma, Jason Scott Lee, Bobby Lee, Terence Chang, Justin Lin, Heidi Levitt, Frank Chin, Gene Cajayon, Eric Byler ; narrator, Daniel Dae Kim Notes In English; closed-captioned in English MPAA rating: Not rated Berkeley Film Festival, Grand Festival Prize, 2009 SF International Asian American Film Festival, Official Selection, 2006 Online resource; title from title screen (Infobase, viewed November 23, 2021) Subject Asians in motion pictures. Asian Americans in motion pictures. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures. Men in motion pictures. Men on television. Motion pictures -- United States -- History Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures. Asians in motion pictures. Asian Americans in motion pictures. Men in motion pictures. Men on television. Motion pictures. Race relations. United States. Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films. Feature films. History. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Internet videos. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos sur Internet. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives. Form Streaming video Author Adachi, Jeff, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Kim, Daniel Dae, 1968- narrator. Mako, 1933-2006, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Shigeta, James, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Nguyen, Dustin, 1962- interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Rhee, Phillip, 1960- interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Lee, Will Yun, 1971- interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Ma, Tzi, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Lee, Jason Scott, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Lee, Bobby, 1971- interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Chang, Terence, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Levitt, Heidi, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant Chin, Frank, 1940- interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Cajayon, Gene, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Byler, Eric, 1972- interviewee (expression), on-screen participant. Kaneko, Ann, director of photography. Yeung, Alex, editor of moving image work Becker, Michael, 1954- composer (expression) Center for Asian American Media, production company.

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