A look at Asian women frantically applying make-up to their faces to
become western-eyezed.
Shot on the spur of the moment using short-ends of film while making
Dupont Guy: The Schiz of Grant Avenue. Text appropriated from Jade
Magazine ("The Asian American Identity"), Vol.1, No.1 in the article "Eye
Makeup & The Asian Women".
With Kathleen Chang, Connie Y. Yu. Narrated by Russell Lowe.
Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant - why they do it, what is done to them.
Several zodiac cycles later, the naive and hopeful rationales for their
participation remain constant, and continue to be a forehead-slapper.
This original documentary hails from the era of the first personal
portable video machines, the Sony AVC8400 Porta-Pak. The crude
low-light performance and video dropouts of the mastertapes are in
evidence. Features Victor Wong as an interviewer, way before his
movie fame as an eccentric old Chinese coot.
Videography by Curtis Choy and Jiro Maru. Add'l editing by Spencer Nakasako.
Institutions: purchase $85 rental $25
Home use: $27