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A San Francisco Chinatown native, Arthur Dong is an Oscar®-nominee, and a Peabody and Sundance award-winning filmmaker, author, and curator whose work centers on Asian American and LGBTQ stories.

Arthur is the recipient of an American Book Award, the Art Deco Society Historic Preservation Award, and the Independent Publisher's IPPY Award for his first book, "Forbidden City, USA: Chinatown Nightclubs, 1936-1970." His latest book, "Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films" (Angel City Press), won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and has been selected a "Critic's Choice" by the Los Angeles Times and one of "13 Smart Must-Read Books on Race and Hate" by the Advocate.

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	Forbidden City, USA: Chinatown Nightclubs, 1936-1970 by Arthur Dong (Goodreads Author), Lisa See (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Lorraine Dong (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection by Arthur Dong (Goodreads Author), Renee Tajima-Peña (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Since the beginning of cinema, Chinese and Chinese American screen characters in Hollywood have evolved from yellow-faced and exoticized caricatures such as Myrna Loy’s portrayal of the daughter of Fu Manchu in the 1932 film, "The Mask of Fu Manchu," to complex and multifaceted representations like those in the 2019 film, “The Farewell," with a cast headed by Awkwafina. That progress didn’t happen overnight, which is an important through line in "Hollywood Chinese," and the recent snubbing of Oscar recognition for ‘The Farewell’ serves as a reminder that there is still work to be done in order to achieve a truly equitable film industry.”
― Arthur Dong, Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films

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