A wok in progress / written and directed by Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Kwan, Paul, author.

Contributor:

Iger, Arnold.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Springroll triology ; 3

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kwan, Paul.

Cooking, Vietnamese--Social aspects.

Cooking, Vietnamese.

Vietnamese Americans--Cultural assimilation--California--San Francisco.

Vietnamese Americans.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2001.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

The third film in the Springroll Trilogy interweaves a love of food with cultural and psychic survival. Paul Kwan, who was uprooted from his family and native country by the fall of Saigon, finds comfort in recreating his native foods in San Francisco, his new home (Anatomy of A Springroll). He faced the physical impairment imposed on him by a debilitating stroke (Pins and Noodles).In A Wok in Progress, Paul triumphs over the demons with his sense of whimsy, lyricism, and of course, his enjoyment of food and family. A Wok in Progress is a joyous romp through memory; a touch of personal philosophy; a distillation of sensory perceptions surrounding food and its preparation. Identity and a sense of well being are re-created in the kitchen. The co-producer's Jewish mother adds her latkes to the culinary mix. The film is a celebration of the powers of recovery on many different levels.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Nashville Independent Film Festival, 2000

Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, Ca., 2000

San Diego Film Festival, 2000

San Francisco Exploratorium Film Program, 2000

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, 2000

OCLC:

747798203

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.