Title Afterbirth / conceived by Will Connell, Jr., Jason Hwang ; produced, directed & edited by Jason Hwang

Published San Francisco, CA : Center for Asian American Media, 1982

Click on the following:
Academic Video Online

Copies

Description 1 online resource (36 minutes) Summary Afterbirth poetically explores the unpredictable relationship between appearance and identity, challenging notions of cultural essentialism with a call for spiritual transcendence. A "documentary" montage featuring white, black and yellow Chinese characters, some fictional, others real, confront the meaning of language, ritual and skin color to realize a true Asian American identity. Produced in 1983, the cast includes Jack Tchen, now director of New York University's Asian/Pacific/American Institute; Gopal Sukhu, now chair of the Chinese Language department at Columbia University; Fay Chiang, former director of Basement Workshop, now Program Developer at Project Reach, a youth crisis center in NYC's Chinatown; experimental media artist Shu Lea Cheang; and the director, Jason Kao Hwang, now a highly-regarded jazz violinist/composer. (see jasonkaohwang.com) Afterbirth premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in 1983 Notes Title from title screen (viewed May 27, 2021) In Chinese and English Subject Asian Americans -- Interviews Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity Asian Americans Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity Genre/Form interviews. documentary film. Feature films Documentary films Interviews Short films Documentary films. Interviews. Short films. Feature films. Documentaires. Interviews. Courts métrages. Form Streaming video Author Hwang, Jason, director, producer

  Permalink