Anna May Wong ~ Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend: San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Film Festival

Sunday, August 9, 2009

San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Film Festival

The San Francisco Chinatown Merchants Association is proud to debut the First Annual San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Film Festival. It is with great honor that we present the works of Elaine Mae Woo and Jeff Adachi, two of today's outstanding up-and-coming Asian-American film makers.
Event Schedule Location:
Four Seas Restaurant - 731 Grant Avenue Between Clay & Sacramento Streets
Call (415) 793-1183 For Tickets & Information
Sat & Sun, September 19 - 20, 2009 11AM - 3PM (Both Days)
$25 Per Day Includes Movie Doubleheader Lunch Buffet & Door Prizes
Meet The Film Makers: Jeff Adachi & Elaine Mae Woo Will Be Available For Q&A Both Saturday & Sunday

Website: www.autumnmoonfilmfestival.org

The Purpose of this Anna May Wong Blog

Our purpose is to tell the story of Anna May Wong (1905-1961) to a wider audience and our audience is anyone who might be interested in her, whether because of her film work or her life story. We base our information from research, documents and other original source materials. We will be updating you with our events, other people's endeavors, suggested readings, etc.

Just like many of you, we are students of Anna May Wong. Her story is very interesting, as well as, a well traveled one. We are learning and trying to record this remarkable person. One of many... during her time.

added-- July 18, 2009:

We have decided to add discussions and postings of other Asians and Asian Americans who also made a difference in American's history both on the screen and off the screen.

Contributor: Elaine Mae Woo

AMW~ FYW Screenings: Past & Present

University of Glasgow -

Glasgow, Scotland [March 2016]

Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Public Library -

Monterey Park, California [March 2015]

San Diego Chinese Historical Museum - San Diego, California [January 2015]
Torrance Public Library - Torrance, California [June 2014]
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California - Los Angeles, California [May 2014]
Cerritos Public Library - Cerritos, California [April 2014]
San Jose State University - San Jose, California
Asian American Studies Department [March 2012]
Texas Woman's University - Denton, Texas

History and Government Department [November 2011]
Merced Community College
Merced, California [September 2011]
Cinema Museum - London
London, England [March 2011]
Liverpool John Moores University - Art and Design Academy -
The Sound Agents - sponsored
Liverpool, England [March 2011]
16th Bradford International Film Festival
Bradford, England[March 2010] Invited
Glasgow Film Theater GFT
Scotland China Association
Monorail Film Club sponsors - Glasgow, Scotland [March 2010]
San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival Film Festival
San Francisco Chinatown Merchants Association sponsored
San Francisco, California USA [September 2009]
Nevada City, CA - CATS Asian Film Festival
Grass Valley, California USA [September 2009]
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Anna May Wong in Films
Melbourne, Australia [August 2009]
Australian/Pacific PREMIERE
University of California - Santa Cruz
Film, New Media Department
Santa Cruz, CA USA [May 2009]
Turner Classic Movies
Race & Hollywood: Asian Images on Film
Television - [June 2008]
North American Television PREMIERE
National Portrait Gallery - London [repeat engagement] Vanity Fair Exhibition
London, England, UK [April 2008]
Wellesley College
Women Studies Department
Wellesley, Mass USA [April 2008]
New York University
Asian Pacific American Event
New York, New York USA [April 2008]
26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
(SFIAAFF) - Documentary - [2 screenings]
San Francisco, CA USA [March 2008]
City College of San Francico - Library Film Series
San Francisco, CA USA [February 2008]
British Film Institute - Southbank
London, England, UK [February 2008]
National Portrait Gallery - London
London, England UK [February 2008]
U.K. PREMIERE
University of Houston
Center Asian American Studies sponsored
Houston , Texas USA [February 2008]
University of Texas - Austin
Center Asian American Studies sponsored
Austin, Texas USA [January 2008]
University of California - Los Angeles
Asian American Studies Center sponsored
Los Angeles, CA USA [January 2008]
U.S. PREMIERE
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto - Pordenone Silent Film Festival - [2 screenings]
Pordenone, Italy [October 2007]
World PREMIERE

Narrated by:
Nancy Kwan
Writers:
Elaine Mae Woo - Jean Lau
Director:
Elaine Mae Woo
Producers:
Elaine Mae Woo - Kathy D. Mazza - Ed Manwell
Associate Producers:
Jean Lau - Ben Wong
Editors:
Stephen Burch -Stephen Waiculis
Music Composer:
Jon C. Mirsalis
Graphic Design:
Ellen Leong Blonder
AMW~FYW Website Producers:
Ben Wong - Elaine Mae Woo

(Please go to http://www.anna-may-wong.com/ for further information.

CREDITS and RECOGNITION

Film and other Media Acknowledgements:

"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN - KA SHEN'S JOURNEY" [2008]
A Brian Jamieson documentary film on the life of actress Nancy Kwan. Redwind Productons Inc.

"THE STORY OF ANNA MAY WONG " AUSTRALIAN VISION - (CHINESE VERSION) - AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION [OCTOBER 2009]

"RECOLLECTIONS OF ANNA MAY WONG IN AUSTRALIA" - THE CHINESE MUSEUM - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA [AUGUST 2009]

“A CELESTIAL STAR IN PICCADILLY” – BBC RADIO 4 - LONDON, ENGLAND [JANUARY 2009]

"ANNA MAY WONG RETROSPECTIVE" – MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE - NEW YORK (MARCH 2006)

“WHEN RACE MET GENDER: THE CAREER OF ANNA MAY WONG" - HONG KONG FILM ARCHIVE – ANNA MAY WONG FILM RETROSPECTIVE - HONG KONG, CHINA [NOVEMBER 2005]

“I'M KING KONG!: THE EXPLOITS OF MERIAN C. COOPER” [2005]
Documentary film directed by Kevin Brownlow and Christopher Bird - Photoplay Productions/Turner Classic Movies/Turner Entertainment.

“CHU CHIN CHOW” (1934) RESTORED VERSION- VCI VIDEO [JUNE 2005]

“ANNA MAY WONG ~ FROSTED YELLOW WILLOWS” Exhibit - NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY- LONDON, ENGLAND - [DEC 2004 - JUNE 2005]

“ANNA MAY WONG” BBC RADIO 4 – FRONT ROW - LONDON, ENGLAND [MARCH 2004]

BFI “PICCADILLY” (1929) RESTORED VERSION –BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE - LONDON, ENGLAND [JANUARY 2004]

"FILM RETROSPECTIVE: REDISCOVERING ANNA MAY WONG" – UCLA FILM & TV ARCHIVE LOS ANGELES, CA [JANUARY 2004]

“EARLY ASIAN PIONEERS IN HOLLYWOOD circa 1900-1940” Presentation at COLGATE UNIVERSITY - NEW YORK [MARCH 2001]

“THE THIEF OF BAGDAD - (1924)” Guest speaker at the Catalina Silent Film Festival – Catalina Island, CA [MAY 1999]

Book Acknowledgements:

"Anna May Wong'S Lucky Shoes: 1939 Australia Through The Eyes Of An Art Deco Diva" by Derham Groves, 2012

"Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present" by Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, Him Mark Lai U. C. Press, 2006

"The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism" by Karen J. Leong U. C. Press, 2005

"Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work" by Philip Leibfried and Chei Mi Lane. McFarland, 2004

"Hong Kong Cinema: A Cross-cultural View" by Law Kar, Frank Bren Scarecrow Press, 2004

"The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History" by Jorge Finkielman McFarland, 2003

"Willow Shade Tree: The Susan Ahn Cuddy Story" by John H. Cha Korean American Heritage, 2002

"Theatre Organ" by the Journal of the American Theatre Organ Society 1999

"Adventures in the Kitchen: 175 New Recipes from Spago, Chinois on Main, Postrio and Eureka" by Wolfgang Puck. Random House, 1991

ANNA MAY WONG ~ FROSTED YELLOW WILLOWS: HER LIFE, TIMES AND LEGEND - A DOCUMENTARY FILM (2007)

Anna May Wong (1905-1961) was the first Asian American actress to grace the silver screen and achieve international stardom.Nearly ten years in the making, this biographical documentary film is finally being presented to the public. Interviews were conducted with members of Anna's family, childhood friends and people who worked with her. Without the support of individuals:

Nancy Kwan, Kevin Brownlow, A. C. Lyles, Judy Yung, Philip Leibfried, Leonard Maltin, Law Kar, Him Mark Lai and the many other film historians, archives, academic institutions and devoted Anna May Wong admirers, this film would never
have been made. Website: http://www.anna-may-wong.com/

Anna May Wong ~ Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend

Sunday, August 9, 2009

San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Film Festival

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