Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Screening: Seeking Asian Female
Seeking Asian Female is a feature-length personal documentary about the unlikely romance of Steven and Jianhua - an American man obsessed with marrying any Asian woman and the Chinese woman half his age who agrees online to become his fiancé.
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March 7, 2014 7:00pm to 12:00am
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About Seeking Asian Female
Seeking Asian Female is a feature-length personal documentary about the unlikely romance of Steven and Jianhua (“Sandy”) - an American man obsessed with marrying any Asian woman and the Chinese woman half his age who agrees online to become his fiancée. Chinese American filmmaker Debbie documents everything, with skepticism and humor, from the early stages of Steven’s search through the moment Sandy steps foot in America for the first time, to a year into their precarious union. From one unexpected turn to the next, as these two online pen pals attempt to overcome vast differences in age, language and culture for the sake of a real-life marriage, the filmmaker gets pulled deeper into their story. And as her role morphs from documentarian to translator to couple’s counselor, this rollercoaster relationship becomes more intimate and more human, ultimately becoming a strangely compelling love story for the ages.
Provided courtesy of the filmmaker. Not rated. Running time: 82 minutes. In English and Chinese, with English subtitles.
To learn more about this documentary, read Asia Pacific Arts:
American Man, 60, Seeks Chinese Bride: Interview with director Debbie Lum by Ada Tseng
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