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May 25,
2011
Slaying the
Dragon: Reloaded
and The Slanted
Screen
Wednesday, May
25, 2011
6:30pm
Time & Life
Building,
8th-floor
Auditorium
Valid photo ID
required and all
bags will be
x-rayed
Please RSVP to a3_mail@timeinc.com with
"AAARI Slaying
the Dragon"
Please join A3 -
The Asian
American
Association of
Time Inc. in
screening two
documentaries
about the
stereotypes of
Asian American
men and women in
American media.
A Q&A will
follow with the
director and
producer of the
films. Total run
time is 1 hour
and 45 minutes.
Slaying the
Dragon: Reloaded
(2011) (45
minute run time)
This film is a
sequel to
Slaying the
Dragon. It looks
at the past 25
years of
representation
of Asian and
Asian American
women in U.S.
visual media —
from blockbuster
films and
network
television to
Asian American
cinema and
YouTube — to
explore what’s
changed, what’s
been recycled,
and what we can
hope for in the
future.
Video clip and
website:
www.asianwomenunited.org/slaying-the-dragon-reloaded-2011
Asian Women
United board
member, Lilia
Villianueva will
be available for
Q&A after the
screening.
The Slanted
Screen: Asian
Men in Film and
Television
(2008). (60
minute run time)
From silent film
star Sessue
Hayakawa to the
hit comedy
Harold & Kumar
Go to White
Castle, 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 using 50
film clips
spanning a
century.
Video clip and
website:
www.slantedscreen.com
DVDs will be
available for
sale of The
Slanted Screen.
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