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Reel Asian : Asian Canada on screen / edited by Elaine Chang.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Canada--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Asians in motion pictures--History.
- Asians in motion pictures.
- Independent films--Canada--History and criticism.
- Independent films.
- Experimental films--Canada--History and criticism.
- Experimental films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (478 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Coach House Books, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Founded in 1997 by producer Anita Lee and journalist Andrew Sun, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora. The festival fosters the exchange of cultural and artistic ideals between East and West, provides a public forum for homegrown Asian media artists and their work and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada. In Reel Asian: Asian Canada on Screen, contributors, many of them filmmakers, examine East and Southeast Asian Canadian contributions to independent film
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Hyphe-Nation; or, Screening 'Asian Canada'; Overview: Looking Back and Looking Forward; Tracking Shots: Mapping the Asian Canadian Filmscape; Eating Chinese; Stills Part I; Rice Bowl Diaries; F-Words; Memory, Again; Vancouver Asian: West Coast Film Cultures, on the Rim and at the end of the Line; The King of Main: Unplugged; 'Let your Fingers do the Walking': Rereading HO TAM's the Yellow Pages; Stills Part II; Men and Monsters; Albertasia: Asian Canadian Films on the Prairies; Home Misses You
- Searching for the White-Haired Girl Letters from Seoul; Adventures in Celluloid Gold Mountain; Stills Part III; Queer Hongcouver and Other Fictions; Black Magic Buddhism; Cinematic Imag(in)ings of the Japanese Canadian Internment; Chinatown Tomb Raider: Reflections on Kung fu Fridays; La Chinoise; or, 'the other'; Reel Asian, then and Now; Snapshots; Stills Part IV; Resources; Contributors; Artists' Works; Distributor Contact Information; Image and Photo Credits; Appendix
- Notes:
- Co-published by the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781770561878
- 1770561870
- 9781770561861
- 1770561862
- OCLC:
- 782873474
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