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Our Missing Hearts Goodreads 豆瓣 Sukkertoppen
作者:
Celeste Ng
publishing house:
Penguin Press
2022
- 10
A novel about a mother’s unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve “American culture” in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird’s mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old.
Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn’t know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn’t wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve “American culture” in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird’s mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old.
Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn’t know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn’t wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
Nice Chinese Girls Don't (2019) 豆瓣
导演:
Jennifer Abod
演员:
Kitty Tsui
In NICE CHINESE GIRLS DON'T, Kitty Tsui recounts her emergence as a poet, artist, activist, writer, and bodybuilder in the early days of the Women's Liberation Movement in San Francisco. She narrates her experience of arriving to the States as an immigrant from Hong Kong by way of her own original poetry and stories. Tsui wrote the groundbreaking Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire, the first book written by an Asian American lesbian. She is considered by many to be one of the foremothers of the API, Asian Pacific Islander, lesbian feminist movement. In 2018, APIQWTC, Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Community honored her with the Phoenix Award for lifetime achievement. In 2019, her alma mater, San Francisco State University inducted Tsui into the Alumni Hall of Fame. Her forthcoming books include NICE CHINESE GIRLS DON'T, Battle Cry: Poems of Love & Resistance, and Fire Power: Poems of Love & Resilience. Tsui currently lives in Oakland, California, and is writing a screenplay, Unmasked.
Chinese in the Frontier West: An American Story (2001) 豆瓣
导演:
Loni Ding
其它标题:
Ancestors in the Americas - Part 2
This film documents the large-scale migration of Chinese to California during the Gold Rush of the 1850s and the central role that these immigrants played in developing the American West by building the first Transcontinental Railroad and transforming California into the breadbasket of the nation.
Their landmark legal battles to overcome discrimination helped to develop U.S. civil rights law, setting key precedents and expanding the definition of what it means to be an American.
Their landmark legal battles to overcome discrimination helped to develop U.S. civil rights law, setting key precedents and expanding the definition of what it means to be an American.
COOLIES, SAILORS, SETTLERS: Voyage to the New World (1996) 豆瓣
导演:
Loni Ding
其它标题:
Ancestors in the Americas series - Part I
Traces the global forces that brought the first Asians -- Filipinos, Chinese and Asian Indians -- to the Americas and the Caribbean in the 18th and 19th centuries, and looks at their lives as sailors, coolies, and finally settlers.
瞬息全宇宙 (2022) IMDb TMDB YetiWatch Min reol 豆瓣 Bangumi 维基数据
Everything Everywhere All at Once
其它标题:
Everything Everywhere All at Once
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妈的多重宇宙
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55岁的美国华裔移民秀莲(杨紫琼 饰)家庭事业两崩溃。在老爸爸生日大寿这天,除了要阻止女儿(斯蒂芬妮·许 饰)暴走出柜、替无用丈夫(关继威 饰)擦屁股,还得去税务局向古板大婶(杰米·李·柯蒂斯 饰)解释不太妙的税务问题。才踏进大楼电梯,软烂丈夫竟摇身一变演起黑客任务,声 称自己是另一个宇宙的版本,而秀莲也是千万宇宙里的其中一个。还来不及理解,邪恶势力已在多元宇宙中蔓延,世界即将毁灭,只有在这个宇宙里,“一无是处”的秀莲才能拯救世界……
Let's Eat (2020) 豆瓣
5.8 (5 个评分)
导演:
Dixon Wong
演员:
Amy Kuo
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Nora Ng-Quinn
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Let's Eat follows the story of an immigrant mother and her daughter as they navigate through the beauty and challenges of life. Despite the difficulties they face, the warmth and love of family provides comfort and closeness, and cooking becomes a symbol of their unconditional love for one another.
Watercress 豆瓣 Goodreads
Watercress
Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.
Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered watercress as they can.
At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family get food from the grocery store? But when her mother shares a story of her family's time in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged. Together, they make a new memory of watercress.
Andrea Wang tells a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage, illustrated by award winning author and artist Jason Chin, working in an entirely new style, inspired by Chinese painting techniques. An author's note in the back shares Andrea's childhood experience with her parents.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered watercress as they can.
At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family get food from the grocery store? But when her mother shares a story of her family's time in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged. Together, they make a new memory of watercress.
Andrea Wang tells a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage, illustrated by award winning author and artist Jason Chin, working in an entirely new style, inspired by Chinese painting techniques. An author's note in the back shares Andrea's childhood experience with her parents.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
Living for Change 豆瓣
作者:
[美] Grace Lee Boggs
publishing house:
University of Minnesota Press
2016
- 8
No one can tell in advance what form a movement will take. Grace Lee Boggs’s fascinating autobiography traces the story of a woman who transcended class and racial boundaries to pursue her passionate belief in a better society. Now with a new foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley, Living for Change is a sweeping account of a legendary human rights activist whose network included Malcolm X and C. L. R. James. From the end of the 1930s, through the Cold War, the Civil Rights era, and the rise of the Black Panthers to later efforts to rebuild crumbling urban communities, Living for Change is an exhilarating look at a remarkable woman who dedicated her life to social justice.
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虎尾 (2020) IMDb 豆瓣 维基数据 TMDB
Tigertail
其它标题:
Tigertail
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タイガーテール -ある家族の記憶-
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《摘金奇缘》后,好莱坞继续开发亚洲相关影视:在英国演戏的四川妹子李坤珏(《浴血黑帮》《开膛街》)将出演Netflix电影《虎尾》(Tigertail,也是美国一个地点),马志(《降临》)已加盟。故事来自《无为大师》联合主创杨维榕,他的父母来自台湾,该片讲述台湾移民到 美国的两代人历程和内心联结:
一个叫Grover的男子在台湾出生长大,童年艰难的他抛弃了真心热爱的家庭,和一个女子真真跑到了美国,他跟真真之间没什么感情,但两人还是一起在美国寻找新生活。
后来Grover开始审视自己一生做过的和抉择,他是一个顽固的男人,他的女儿Angela已长大成人,也成了一个顽固的女人。父女俩压根没意识到他们俩有多相像,但最终,都后悔过、失败过之后,两人开始互相理解。
坤珏饰演年轻时的珍珍,一个安静、礼貌、不碍事的台湾女子,和Grover一起去到美国生活,对她来说很艰难。直到遇到了一个叫Peijing的朋友,珍珍才开始真正思考独立和自身价值。Grover的女儿Angela,跟父亲疏远又取得联系。马志饰演年长的Grover。
一个叫Grover的男子在台湾出生长大,童年艰难的他抛弃了真心热爱的家庭,和一个女子真真跑到了美国,他跟真真之间没什么感情,但两人还是一起在美国寻找新生活。
后来Grover开始审视自己一生做过的和抉择,他是一个顽固的男人,他的女儿Angela已长大成人,也成了一个顽固的女人。父女俩压根没意识到他们俩有多相像,但最终,都后悔过、失败过之后,两人开始互相理解。
坤珏饰演年轻时的珍珍,一个安静、礼貌、不碍事的台湾女子,和Grover一起去到美国生活,对她来说很艰难。直到遇到了一个叫Peijing的朋友,珍珍才开始真正思考独立和自身价值。Grover的女儿Angela,跟父亲疏远又取得联系。马志饰演年长的Grover。
Far East Deep South (2020) 豆瓣 IMDb
导演:
Larissa Lam
演员:
Baldwin Chiu
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Caliya Chiu
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When a Chinese-American family travels from California to Mississippi to visit the grave of their ancestors, they stumble upon surprising revelations. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of local residents and historians, who shed light on the racially complex history of the early Chinese in the segregated South. Their emotional journey also leads them to discover how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 impacted their family and how deep their roots run in America.