When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his relatives, the Chao's for a vacation. The clash of cultures, between the men, wives, and teenagers, leads to some confusion, and misunderstanding.
Documentary about the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982 and the aftermath. The documentary also explores the modern Asian-American identity when so few Asian-American youths are aware of who Vincent Chin is.
Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with the widowed old man from next door.
When Hanna Su's mom kicks her out of the house after she drops out of college, Hanna moves into her car and in an act of defiance parks it on the public side of the street across from her family home.
When an idealistic son discovers that his absent father of 10 years now works as a delivery driver for a local take-out restaurant, he secretly begins to order food from him in hopes that he can overcome his fear of failure and finally connect with his father again.
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A Great Wall (1986) ORIGINAL TRAILER
The original trailer of A Great Wall directed by Peter Wang and starring Peter Wang Sharon Iwai Kelvin Han Yee and Qinqin Li. AKA: Uma Grande Muralha ...
A Great Wall
The first American movie shot in China A Great Wall is a delightful comedy that was a “cross-cultural hit” (Los Angeles Times) when released in 1986. When San ...
Chinese Drama "A Great Wall"(with English subtitles)
When a Silicon Valley Chinese American executive goes back to his homeland of China for the first time in 30 years he and his family encounter many culture ...
A Great Wall - Meeting the family
A Great Wall is a 1986 comedy-drama film written directed and starring Peter Wang. It was the first American feature film shot in the People's Republic of China ...
Review: A Great Wall (1986)
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Writes Viola: "Sodium Vapor was recorded over a period of several weeks in the hours between one and five in the morning on the streets of an industrial area in lower Manhattan.
25 years ago a mother and father went missing and were presumed murdered on Wolfe Island and their bodies never found, and now a tabloid journalist and a woman who may have a connection to the Island are out to find out Whodunit?
Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden and violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys whose encounters along the way bring humour, some comfort, but also danger.
On March 16, 1978, far-left terrorists of the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy, the ruling party in Italy since the end of WWII.
Nathaniel Box, a self-styled prophet, along with his daughter Barbara and her fiancé Curtis, holds a night time press conference in an underground car park, devoutly believing that "a new Messiah for a New Age" will appear there before dawn - and their wait does not go unrewarded.
Imagine a surreal narrative, without dialogue, in a style reminiscent of the 1920s silent era and seen through the lens of moving voyeuristic camera that records the odd whereabouts of an unseemly group of marginal tenants.
A film portrait that falls somewhere between a painting and a prose poem, a look at a woman’s daily routines and thoughts via an exploration of her as a “character”.
Plumber Martin and his younger colleague Frank are on call on Christmas Eve of all days. Frank's girlfriend Regina, who is expecting her first baby at any moment, is anything but thrilled.
