Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)

A history of Asian representation on the Hollywood screen.

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

Cast (18)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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Nancy Wang Yuen

Self

Tamlyn Tomita

Self

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Dan Akira

Self

Joseph McBride

Self

Marlon Brando

(archive footage)

Katharine Hepburn

(archive footage)

Warner Oland

Charlie Chan (archive footage)

Anna May Wong

(archive footage)

Keye Luke

(archive footage)

Sessue Hayakawa

(archive footage)

Paul Muni

(archive footage)

Luise Rainer

(archive footage)

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

(archive footage)

Robert Stack

(archive footage)

Victoria Shaw

(archive footage)

Glenn Corbett

(archive footage)

James Shigeta

(archive footage)

Mickey Rooney

(archive footage)

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