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Arthur Dong is a featured profile in KCET’s Artbound documentary about Angel City Press, publishers of the Hollywood Chinese book. Dong and Octavia’s Bookshelf owner Nikki High reflect on Hollywood Chinese and discuss the importance of documenting diverse histories in literature. Click here to watch the segment. To watch the entire documentary click here.

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A 30th anniversary screening of Claiming A Voice: The Visual Communications Story was presented by the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival’s Virtual Showcase, followed by a Q & A with director Arthur Dong and editor Walt Louie, moderated by Abraham Ferrer, festival co-director. Originally broadcast on May 4, 2020, the conversation is now available to view online: Click here to watch (discussion starts at six minutes in).

Virtual Event

Author and filmmaker Arthur Dong is a guest on the Quarantine Film Series, discussing life during the pandemic, Stanley Kubrick, and the creative process in directing Hollywood Chinese and writing the Hollywood Chinese book. Hosted by New York Times best-selling author and multi-Grammy winner Kabir Sehgal. Originally broadcast on December 5, 2020, the conversation is now available to view online: Click here to watch. 

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WeHo Reads presents a conversation between Arthur Dong, author of Hollywood Chinese, and Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown. WeHo Reads is a literary series featuring new and noteworthy authors presented by the City of West Hollywood. Originally broadcast May 12, 2021, the coversation is now available to view online: Click here to watch.

Virtual Event

Info: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/piccadilly

In celebration of Anna May Wong’s impact on film history and beyond, the Academy Museum screens Piccadilly (1929), one of the actor’s best-known silent films. A discussion follows, featuring filmmaker and author Arthur Dong and Wong’s niece Anna Wong, and moderated by the Academy Museum’s Chief Artistic and Programming Officer Jacqueline Stewart. Originally streamed online from July 22 to August 2, 2021, the discussion segment is now available to view online: Click here to watch.

Q & A: Coming Out Under Fire

Presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Pioneers of Queer Cinema brought together 33 films to showcase “radical explorations of sexual orientation and gender identity.” The 4K restoration of Coming Out Under Fire screened Feb 20, 2022 at the Billy Wilder Theater, followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Arthur Dong and Outfest UCLA Legacy Project Manager Brendan Lucas. Click to watch the conversation.

Streaming Dates: October 4, 2021 to March 31, 2022

The Criterion Channel

Info: https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/criterion-channel-retrospective/

The Criterion Channel presents seven award-winning documentaries by Arthur Dong in this first-ever complete retrospective of the filmmaker’s work spanning five decades. Pop culture author/professor Oliver Wang is in conversation with the filmmaker in an interview punctuated with clips and stills to highlight Dong’s films: Click to watch the conversation.

Ongoing

The Formosa Cafe
7156 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood , CA 90046

Info: https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/hollywood-chinese-formosa-cafe/

“Hollywood Chinese at the Formosa” offers a nostalgic, yet thought-provoking look into cinema’s fascination with the Chinese. Commissioned by the iconic Formosa Cafe, the exhibit highlights photos and lobby cards from Arthur Dong’s collection of movie memorabilia depicting the Chinese in American feature films. Please contact the venue to confirm accessibility and hours.

November 4 - 27, 2022

Ted Mann Theater
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
6067 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90036

Info: https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/hollywood_chinese_academy_museum_series/

Stemming from his authoritative documentary and book Hollywood Chinese, Arthur Dong served as guest programmer for the series, “Hollywood Chinese: The First 100 Years”, presented at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Throughout the month of November 2022, twenty-seven films in fifteen programs were presented live and included special guests Nancy Kwan, James Hong, Joan Chen, among many others.

SELECT PROGRAMS STREAMING ONLINE:

Hollywood Chinese, November 4, 2022. Guest speakers: Jacqueline Stewart, Academy Museum director and president, in conversation with Arthur Dong. Photos. Video recording.

James Hong: Big Trouble in Little China & Black Widow, November 5, 2022. Guest speakers: James Hong, Dennis Dun, and Peter Kwong in conversation with Arthur Dong. Photos. Video recording.

Dragons: Two Leading Men: Enter the Dragon & Walk Like a Dragon, November 11, 2022. Guest speaker: Nancy Kwan in conversation with Arthur Dong. Photos. Video recording.

7 Faces of Dr. Lao, November 13, 2022 (“Oscar® Sundays”). Guest speakers: visual effects artist Ellen Poon and make-up artist Tym Buacharern, in conversation with Arthur Dong. Photos. Video recording.

Streaming Dates: August 1 to October 31, 2022

The Criterion Channel

Info: https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/hollywood-chinese-criterion-channel-series/

Curated by filmmaker Arthur Dong, and anchored by his landmark documentary and book, the Hollywood Chinese series on The Criterion Channel included selections from cinema’s first hundred years to explore the ways in which the Chinese have been imagined in American feature films. Click here to watch the series introduction by Dong.