Slaying the dragon / produced and directed by Deborah Gee ; KQED project director, Pamela Porter ; produced by Pacific Productions, a special project of Asian Women United, in association with KQED. Slaying the dragon reloaded / producer, director, and writer, Elaine H. Kim ; executive producer, Asian Women United of California, Eliza Y. Chan, Elaine H. Kim, Susanna Ng-Lee, Evelyn Rodriguez, Jane Singh, Yun Suh.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gee, Deborah, television producer, television director.

Porter, Pamela (Television broadcasting), television director.

Kim, Elaine H., film producer, film director, screenwriter.

Chan, Eliza Y., film producer.

Ng-Lee, Susanna, film producer.

Rodriguez, Evelyn, film producer.

Singh, Jane, film producer.

Suh, Yun, film producer.

Wong, Herb, narrator.

Omori, Emiko, director of photography.

Werk, David, director of photography.

Gershkow, Blair, editor of moving image work.

Henderson, Bill, 1930-2016, composer (expression).

Yamasaki, Dave, composer (expression).

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, composer (expression).

Ream, Marc, composer (expression).

Walton, Chelsea, editor of moving image work.

Matsuo, Hiro, composer (expression).

Peck, Casey, director of photography.

Lew, Herman, 1955-2014, director of photography.

Shiekh, Irum, director of photography.

Aroy, Marissa, director of photography.

Pacific Productions, production company.

Asian Women United of California, production company, contributor, publisher.

KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), contributor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Asian American women.

United States.

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

History.

Public opinion--United States--History.

Public opinion.

Asian American women--Interviews.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Educational films.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Interviews.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (58 min., 30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Special edition.

Distribution:

[California] : Asian Women United of California, 2011.

Language Note:

In English.

(Slaying the dragon reloaded) Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

digital optical stereo

fullscreen (1.33:1)

DVD video NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

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.

Contents:

[disc 1.] Slaying the dragon (1987, 58 min.)

[disc 2.] Slaying the dragon : reloaded (2011, 30 min.).

Participant:

(Slaying the dragon) Narrator, Herb Wong.

Credits:

(Slaying the dragon) Camera, Emiko Omori, David Werk; editor, Blair Gershkow; "A Tribute to Johnny Mercer" perfromed by Bill Henderson; "Dragon scale" composed and performed by Dave Yamasaki; "Mood Indigo" by Duke Ellington; additional music, Mark Ream.

(Slaying the dragon reloaded) Editor, Chelsea Walton; music, Hiro Matsuo; camera, Casey Peck, Herman Lew, Irum Shiekh, Marissa Aroy.

Notes:

Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Director's footnote (Elaine H. Kim, ca. 12 min.); trailer.

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Contains:

Container of: Slaying the dragon (Motion picture)

Container of: Slaying the dragon, reloaded (Motion picture)

Slaying the dragon, reloaded.

OCLC:

729403327