KTLA TV Morning News featured Arthur Dong discussing his book Hollywood Chinese, Anna May Wong and his Hollywood Chinese exhibit at the Formosa Cafe. Watch the three mini-segments streaming online here.
News Archive - 2021
IMDb Salutes AAPI Filmmakers
IMDb’s watchlist to salute Asian and Asian Pacific filmmakers places The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor at #5 and Hollywood Chinese at #6. See the complete list of 60 films here: https://tinyurl.com/3794mue9
“Hollywood Chinese” wins APAAL Award
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected the winners of the 2020-2021 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature (APAAL). Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films won the Honors Title Award in the adult nonfiction category. Click here to watch the awards ceremony. Click here to watch the post-awards chat with each author.
New Book-in-Development
American Book Award-winning author and Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Arthur Dong has begun work on his newest book Grandview Films: Cinematic Crossings with Joseph Sunn Jue (working title). This lushly illustrated publication will be Dong’s third in a trilogy of coffee table books that showcase the visual history and little-known stories of Chinese Americans in the arts.
Photo: On the set of The Twelve Wives (1937, Grandview Film Company). From left, actress Nancy Chan Wan-Seung, producer Joseph Sunn Jue, and actress Lam Mui-Mui.