The Slanted screen : Asian men in film and television / Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales (Firm).

This award-winning documentary explores portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experience of actors who have struggled against Hollywood's ethnic stereotyping and discriminatory practices. The Slanted Screen covers the practice of using Caucasian actors in yellowface makeup...

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Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Corporate Contributors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group, Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales (Firm)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010]
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Table of Contents:
  • Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Screen Star (1:21)
  • Asian Sex Symbol (1:04)
  • First Asian Leading Man (0:48)
  • Caricatures of Asian Males (1:01)
  • Asian Male Roles: Diabolical (0:48)
  • WWII and Cold War Propaganda Films (2:02)
  • Sessue Hayakawa Returns to Hollywood (0:46)
  • Mako in "The Sand Pebbles" (0:51)
  • Asian Men as Complex People (1:20)
  • Themes: Interracial Dating and Marriage (1:36)
  • All-Asian Cast (0:48)
  • Racial Equality and (0:43)
  • Caricatures of Asian Men in Movies (0:58)
  • Bruce Lee's Meteoric Rise (1:00)
  • Bruce Lee and Asian Pride (0:56)
  • Bruce Lee: A Stereotype? (1:05)
  • Bruce Lee: Asian Sensation (1:15)
  • Bruce Lee's Untimely Death (1:09)
  • Movie Stereotype of Asian Male (1:35)
  • Asian Males Emasculated in Film (1:12)
  • Stereotypical Asian Male (1:24)
  • Stereotypes Limit Aspirations (1:54)
  • Asian Children and Racial Self-Hate (1:19)
  • Asian Males: Movie Criminals (1:07)
  • Change in Racial Stereotyping (1:21)
  • Television Executives Dismiss Diversity (1:31)
  • Self-Identification as Chinese (1:05)
  • Agents of Change (1:12)
  • Casting Director and Diversity (0:32)
  • "21 Jump Street" (1:15)
  • Television Error: Retell the Story (1:16)
  • Asian in "Dante's Peak" (1:25)
  • Revolutionary Film Event (1:12)
  • Bobby Lee: Anti-Stereotype (1:18)
  • Stereotypes to Challenge (1:01)
  • What's the Harm in Stereotypes? (0:59)
  • Asian-American Identity (1:31)
  • Filipino-American Film (1:07)
  • Universal Stories About People (1:23)
  • Goal of a Film (0:34)
  • Advice to Young Asians (1:19)
  • Creativity and Rebellion (1:56)
  • New Generation of Filmmakers (0:58)