As a part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Bridging Cultures initiative – which encourages projects that explore the ways in which cultures from around the globe have influenced American society – a research and development grant has been awarded to The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor. Read more.
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Sundance Music & Sound Design Lab
The Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Lab took place at Skywalker Ranch in June 2013. This is the first time the two organizations worked together and marks a significant expansion of the Institute’s existing Composers Labs to include sound design. Pictured: creative advisor, Arthur Dong, and lab fellows, Judith Ehrlich, Miles Jay, and Thomas Allen Harris. Read more.
The Arthur Dong Catalogue
DeepFocus Productions is please to present The Arthur Dong Catalogue, an illustrated brochure listing Dong’s awarding-winning films for sale.
Learn more about the new DVD releases, Stories from Chinese America: the Arthur Dong Collection, Vol. 2 and A Toisan Trilogy. The full-color, 4-page publication also features details on the new 2-disc Hollywood Chinese Collector’s Edition DVD, as well as the popular Forbidden City, U.S.A. and Dong’s first box-set, Stories from the War on Homosexuality: the Arthur Dong Collection, Vol. 1.
Forbidden City, U.S.A.: The Exhibition And Book
The San Francisco Main Public Library has scheduled a new exhibition that will show the phenomena and glamour of Chinese American nightclubs, ca. 1936-1965. The idea was inspired by the documentary, Forbidden City, U.S.A, and will be curated by filmmaker Arthur Dong, who will showcase pieces from his extensive epherma collection that stemmed from his research on the subject. A lavish, fully illustrated companion book will also be published. The exhibition and publication are slated for April 2014.
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Asian Connections Interview With Arthur Dong
Reporter Suzanne Kai caught up with director Arthur Dong to discuss his new projects and the filmmaking craft. Read the full interview.