ABSTRACT

Wayne Wang (1949–), who moved to San Francisco at 18 from Hong Kong, has become the leading Chinese American director. Even better for this book, Wang’s work has been intensely related to the Chinese American community, the way the works of Martin Scorcese and Francis Coppola have been to theirs. His prize-winning film Dim Sum is historically important, the first feature-length film about Asian Americans made from the Asian American perspective. It is unquestionably the best and most accurate movie yet made about Chinese American life: the Great Chinese American Movie. That it is also funny and heart-warming, instantly accessible to undergraduates, makes it the classroom film of choice.