In contrast to the nerdy typecast, Asian American teenage slackers, stoner layabouts, and contrarian action heroes shine in these genre-twisting films, which are essential and now a twinge nostalgic touchstones for a generation of wannabe counter-culture suburban youth. Plus, Jackie Chan!
The films part of the American Trash strand are:
Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke (1978, Tommy Chong, Lou Adler)
Shanghai Noon (2000, Tom Dey)
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg)
The Golden Child (1986, Michael Ritchie)
Paper Tigers (2020, Bao Tran)
This is the fourth strand of the programme Constellating Histories: Encounting Asian American Diasporas Onscreen, running from 6 January to 19 March 2023 at Oldham Theatre.
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About the Programme
From Chinatown sagas, to experimental documentary, to musicals in Technicolor and punk-inspired chamber dramas, this series brings together a constellation of voices from the Asian American cinematic imaginary. The images, sounds, and narratives of these films express both a longing from the dispossessed for an unattainable homeland and a glee at having broken away from it.
Tickets for Strand 4 – 6 of this programme will go on sale Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
For the full Constellating Histories: Encountering Asian American Diasporas Onscreen programme, please click here.
Oldham Theatre’s opening hours
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