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Anna May Wong and the Golden Age of Asian American Cinema with Jeff Yang and Arthur Dong

  • Santa Monica Public Library 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Multipurpose Room Santa Monica, CA, 90401 United States (map)

Authors Katie Gee Salisbury (Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong) and Jeff Yang (The Golden Screen: How Movies Made Asian America), discuss Anna May Wong and other underappreciated Asian American pioneers of the dawn of Hollywood. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Arthur Dong (Hollywood Chinese) moderates the conversation.

A book sale and signing follows.

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