Slaying the dragon /

Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures as well as other filmic media, with "Reloaded" updating the original documentary by noting the effects of globalization and a changing population within the past 25 years. Includes interviews with actresses an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Pacific Productions, Asian Women United of California, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Other Authors:	Gee, Deborah (Producer, Director), Kim, Elaine H. (Producer, Director, Screenwriter), Porter, Pamela, Wong, Herb
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	[California] : Asian Women United of California, 2011.
Edition:	Special ed.
Subjects:	Asians in motion pictures. Asian American women in motion pictures. Women in motion pictures. Racism in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media. Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States. Racism > United States > History. Public opinion > United States > History. Asian American women > Interviews. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures as well as other filmic media, with "Reloaded" updating the original documentary by noting the effects of globalization and a changing population within the past 25 years. Includes interviews with actresses and other Asian American women who describe their experiences of such stereotyping.
Item Description:	Slaying the dragon originally broadcast by KQED, San Francisco, in 1987; Slaying the dragon : reloaded originally produced as a documentary film in 2011. Special features: Disc 1: trailer; Disc 2: Director's footnote (Elaine H. Kim, approximately 12 min.), trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC.
Production Credits:	Slaying the dragon: producer, director. Deborah Gee ; KQED project director, Pamela Porter ; camera, Emiko Omori, David Werk ; editor, Blair Gershkow ; music, Mark Ream. Slaying the dragon : reloaded: producer, director, writer, Elaine H. Kim ; editor, Chelsea Walton ; music, Hiro Matsuo ; camera, Casey Peck, Herman Lew, Irum Shiekh, Marissa Aroy.