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Sewing Woman: 14 min.
Living Music for Golden Mountains: 18 & 27 min.
Lotus: 27 min.

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The first major wave of Chinese came to America primarily from southern China, with a heavy concentration from the Toisan (Taishan) region of Guangdong Province. For the first time together, A Toisan Trilogy presents three award-winning short films directed by Arthur Dong that draw upon this early period of Chinese migration to America: Sewing Woman, Lotus, and Living Music for Golden Mountains. 

 

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72min.

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Coming Out Under Fire shoots to the heart of an issue that continues to be the focus of heated debates today: the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays and lesbians in the military. Recipient of a George Foster Peabody Award and a Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award, this internationally acclaimed film uncovers the World War II origins of a military policy which labeled homosexuals as mentally ill and sought their discharge as "undesirables."
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72min.

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Coming Out Under Fire shoots to the heart of an issue that continues to be the focus of heated debates today: the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays and lesbians in the military. Learn More

75 min.

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What happens when conservative Christian families have children who are homosexual? FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS goes to the heart of today's debate over homosexuality, where the personal is inextricably — and dramatically — bound up in the political. Includes an illustrated 12-page viewer’s guide. Learn More

89 minutes, plus over 3 1/2 hours of bonus material

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Hollywood Chinese brings together a captivating portrait of filmmakers and iconic images for a high-spirited look at the ways the Chinese have been imagined in the movies, from silent classics to contemporary blockbusters. This 2-disk collector’s edition packs in over 3.5 hours of bonus material, including the earliest known Asian American film produced in 1916, The Curse of Quon Gwon, restored and with a new original music score.
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89 min.

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Hollywood Chinese brings together a captivating portrait of filmmakers and iconic images for a high-spirited look at the ways the Chinese have been imagined in the movies, from silent classics to contemporary blockbusters. Learn More

34 pages, soft cover

A full color, lushly illustrated 34-page exhibition catalog from the “Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection” museum show. A perfect companion to the “Hollywood Chinese” DVD.
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77 min.

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Winner of both the Directors and Filmmakers Trophy awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Licensed to Kill goes behind the media headlines of recent high-profile anti-gay murders to investigate their causes. Attacked by gay bashers in 1977, filmmaker Arthur Dong probes the hearts and minds of murderers convicted of killing gay men – he faces them in one-on-one cell block interviews and asks them directly: "Why did you do it?"
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Winner of both the Directors and Filmmakers Trophy awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Licensed to Kill goes behind the media headlines of recent high-profile anti-gay murders to investigate their causes. Attacked by gay bashers in 1977, filmmaker Arthur Dong probes the hearts and minds of murderers convicted of killing gay men -- he faces them in one-on-one cell block interviews and asks them directly: "Why did you do it?"
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27min.

Lotus is also available in the DVD anthology, A Toisan Trilogy.

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The place is rural 1914 China and Lotus tells the heart-wrenching story of a mother with bound feet who must decide whether to subject her own daughter to this crippling tradition. For over thirty centuries, Chinese women's feet were maimed in the name of beauty and obedience. The custom was called "footbinding," and the fight against it triggered one of the most overlooked struggles for human rights in history. Learn More

14 min.

Sewing Woman is also available in the DVD anthology, A Toisan Trilogy.


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Sewing Woman chronicles the bittersweet journey of one woman's determination to survive: from an arranged marriage in old China to working class comforts in modern America. Learn More

Hollywood Chinese - Special Collector’s Edition: 89 min. & bonus
Forbidden City, U.S.A. - Special Collector’s Edition: 56 min. & bonus
Sewing Woman: 14 min.
Living Music for Golden Mountains: 18 & 27 min.
Lotus: 27 min.


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This consummate anthology of films spanning over 25 years showcases Dong's historically acute focus on Chinese Americans at crossroads with Hollywood, pop culture, tradition, and immigration. DVD bonus material includes the 1916 film, The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest known Asian American film, restored and with a new music score. This collection is a "Limited Edition" – available only while supplies last. Learn More