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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019· 0h 53m

Documentary

Directed by Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg

5.7/ 10

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YouTube TV

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HBO Max

Overview

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

Cast

Nancy Wang Yuen

Self

Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

Self

Dan Akira

Self

Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride

Self

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

(archive footage)

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

(archive footage)

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