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A Toisan trilogy, stories from Chinese America : the Arthur Dong collection

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A Toisan trilogy

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stories from Chinese America : the Arthur Dong collection

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. "A Toisan Trilogy" features three award-winning short films directed by Arthur Dong that draw upon this early period of Chinese migration to America: Sewing woman is based on the filmmaker's mother, Zem Ping Dong. This beloved classic reveals one woman's determination to survive: from an arranged marriage in Toisan to working class comforts in modern America (Oscar nominee, Best Short Documentary) Living music for golden mountains is a touching portrait of Dong's Chinese music teacher, Leo Lew, an immigrant living in San Francisco Chinatown who toiled as a laundry worker but kept spiritually alive through his love of music. Lotus: Shot on location in Hong Kong, this fictionalized story set in the Kay Lok Village of Toisan follows Lotus, a woman with bound feet in 1914 China who must decide whether to bind her daughter's feet

Sewing woman / a film by Arthur Dong ; writen by Lorraine Dong ; photographed, edited, produced and directed by Arthur Dong (1982, 14 min.) -- Living music for golden mountains / screen adaptation, Arthur E. Dong, Elizabeth J. Meyer ; director, Arthur E. Dong ; producers, Arthur E. Dong, Elizabeth J. Meyer (original version, 1981, 27 min.; director's cut: 2010, 18 min.) -- Lotus / directed and edited by Arthur Dong ; produced by Arthur Dong and Rebecca Soladay ; screenplay by Rebecca Soladay (1987, 27 min.)

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