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Screening: Chan is Missing
The Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University will show a 1982 film directed by Wayne Wang.
Where
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.
Director:
Wayne Wang, 1982, 80 min. USA, English, DVD
Intro. by:
Eileen Cheng-ying Chow, Dept. of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
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