Slaying the Dragon (1988)
A highly-critical documentary about the history of Asian-American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering Asian-American actresses and clips from classic films, such as "The Thief of Bagdad," "The Good Earth" and "The World of Suzie Wong," interspersed with Asian/feminist sociological commentary.
- Date of release
- 1988-11-04
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Director
- Deborah Gee
- Collection
- Slaying the Dragon Collection
Casting
- Herb Wong — Narrator
- Nancy Kwan
- Amy Hill
- Nobu McCarthy
- James Shigeta
- Kim Miyori
- Jaime Kibben
- Guy Lee
- John Korty
- Ben Tong
- Yeh Tung
- Wayne Wang
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