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.
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