~ Shanghai Express (1932) ~ Pavement Butterfly [Großstadtschmetterling] (1932) ~

~ Daughter of Shanghai (1937) ~ King of Chinatown (1939) ~

November 3-26 @ the trylon

Raised in Hollywood and obsessed with cinema as a child, Anna May Wong longed to be on the silver screen. Because of intense anti-Asian racism and Orientalist stereotyping, she was never given the roles she deserved in the U.S. These four films highlight the defiant characters she played and the results of her lobbying for more agency in her roles.