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Family Legend(2021)
Status: Released
Date: 2021-08-28
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She made the first Asian American film. History forgot her.
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In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially appears to be a story about a Chinese family cursed for allowing Western influence through the door, proves to be an illuminating examination of cultural diaspora years ahead of its time.Sandwiched between two global pandemics, this documentary follows the Wong family descendents as they secure The Curse of Quon Gwon its place in film history and new revelations rise to the surface.
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Video: I Had No Idea What it All Meant | Family Legends (TEASER) | Coming to PBS & Digital 08.28.2021
I Had No Idea What it All Meant | Family Legends (TEASER) | Coming to PBS & Digital 08.28.2021
She Made the First Asian American Film. History Forgot Her. | TEASER | Coming to PBS 08-28-2021
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I Had No Idea What it All Meant | Family Legends (TEASER) | Coming to PBS & Digital 08.28.2021 - Teaser
She Made the First Asian American Film. History Forgot Her. | TEASER | Coming to PBS 08-28-2021 - Teaser
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