2003 Asian American Film Series
Thursday, April 24
MY AMERICA (...OR HONK IF YOU LOVE BUDDHA)
(Renee Tajima-Peña/1997/85 min/VHS)
Filmmaker
Renee Tajima-Peña goes on the road, à la Jack Kerouac, to
record the voices and personalities of Asian Americans everywhere from Chinatown,
New York, to a debutante ball in Anaheim, California.
She compares her childhood to the current ethnic climate of America and chronicles as well the spectacular adventures of her fellow traveler, Victor Wong, son of a San Francisco Chinatown mayor, who went on to become a Beat painter, photojournalist, and character actor.
"An intoxicating and irreverent look at America's fastest growing ethnic group." (PBS)