#Movies #AAPI

Rewatched #RogersAndHammerstein's #TheFlowerDrumSong (1961) again yesterday.

Many #AsianAmericans, like me, have a love/hate relationship with this movie because of all of the #Asian & #Chinese stereotypes that it portrays & because most of the actors in the film weren't even Chinese.

The film is also pretty misogynistic & gender limiting too which is consistent with the times.

That said, I remember when how excited my mother & the Chinese community in #SFChinatown were when the movie was released because it was the 1st time that the Chinese were portrayed in the film with anything close to our reality & because it was the 1st & only film (until #TheJoyLuckClub (1993) in which the cast was almost entirely #Asian. . . .

It's nonetheless an important film to watch in terms of understanding how Asians are under represented in American media.

The Wiki synopsis of the film is pretty good & worth reading if you have any interest in the film & Asian American media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Drum_Song_(film)

#AAPI #SFChinatown

Just watched the #ChineseNewYearParade on #KGO7.

It was the 1st time KGO covered the parade -- #KTVU2 always covered it in the past -- & IMO KGO did a poor job of it

The commentators were out of synch in describing the various parade participants, poorly interviewed rhe Miss Chinatown winner w/no mention of the other participants & totally blew the coverage of the finale -- barely showing anything of -- Gum Loong-- one of the longest & biggest dragons -- & shot the fireworks too close up.

Very disappointing.☹️

Glad I've seen so many other CNY parades in the past on TV & in person, so it really didn't matter to me but I feel for those who were seeing it for the 1st time on TV or online who were not given a better idea of what the parade is actually like. Oh well . . .🤷

#WokHei #HongKong #BreathOfTheWong #ChineseFood #Cantonese #AAPI

I've had many opportunities but I've never traveled to Hong Kong but this article makes me want to make the trip despite of the #Chinese #Communist government's take-over & repression of the city . . .

If I do decide to finally go there, this article will be my travel guide because I miss the "old flavors" of the Chinese food (most of which originated in Hong Kong) that I grew up with in #SFChinatown too.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/26/magazine/hong-kong-dai-pai-dong.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE4.S6xg.Fc7aX2UXt1Va&smid=url-share

a scene from san francisco chinatown in front of the seafood and vegetables store.

(Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II, Kodak T-Max 400, Xtol stock @ 12:45, scanned on Noritsu LS-600)

#SanFrancisco #BelieveInFilm #Chinatown #SFChinatown #BlackandWhite #Kodak #Minolta #KodakTMax400 #FilmIsNotDead #Photography #FilmPhotography

#AAPI #SFChinatown

An invitation from the #ChineseAmericanMuseum in DC:

". . . join us for a virtual screening of “A Moment in Time”, a one-hour documentary by Lambert Yam and Academy Award winner Ruby Yang about the experience of the Chinese in San Francisco's Chinatown. The film is about the growth, evolution and eventual demise of five ethnic cinemas in San Francisco’s Chinatown and their role in bridging the gap between China and the United States."

"The film hones in on the golden era of Shanghai cinema of the 1920s and 1930s, when San Francisco became home to Chinese families who frequented the movies for a nickel on a Saturday."

"The film largely is about the evolution of America’s perception of China and the changing views of first-generation Chinese Americans as they grew to understand their parents’ often heart-rending immigrant experiences in the dark of the movie theater."

https://www.chineseamericanmuseum.org/amit-screening