Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month by watching Finding Kukan, a documentary about a Chinese American documentary maker from the 1940s. Light refreshments provided.
Kukan, a landmark color film that revealed the atrocities of World War II China to audiences around the world, was the first-ever American feature documentary to receive an Academy Award in 1942 and was considered lost for decades. When filmmaker Robin Lung discovers a badly damaged film print of Kukan, she pieces together the inspirational tale of the two renegades behind the making of it -- Chinese American playwright Li Ling-Ai and cameraman Rey Scott.
Through a dynamic mix of vérité, archival and re-enactment footage, Finding Kukan creates an unforgettable portrait of a female filmmaking pioneer, and sheds light on the long history of racial and gender discrimination behind the camera, which continues to reverberate in Hollywood today.
AGE GROUP: | Older Adult | New Adult (18-25) | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | History | Film |
TAGS: | AANHPI Heritage |
Today's hours
Closed
Mon, Apr 28 | 9:00AM to 8:00PM |
Tue, Apr 29 | 9:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Apr 30 | 9:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, May 01 | 9:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, May 02 | 9:00AM to 5:00PM |
Sat, May 03 | 9:00AM to 5:00PM |
Sun, May 04 | Closed |