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Anna May Wong, The Actress Who Died a Thousand Deaths

January 31 - February 2, 2019
Mabou Mines
150 First Avenue, 2nd Floor of 122 CC
New York, NY 10009

Director & Writer: Cinthia Chen
Film Designer & Director of Photography: Ben Haven Taylor
With: Elizabeth Sun, Rebecca Wei Hsieh, Matt Ting, Randall Trang, Nellie Blue & Michael Anderson

Summary: It is 1938. Hollywood star Anna May Wong has just returned to the U.S. after a discouraging tour in China. Drinking herself into a stupor, Wong’s dreams transport her back to her time on the film set of "Daughter of the Dragon," grappling with the constrictions placed upon her because of her race and sex. There, memories entwine with imagination, as she relives moments with key figures in her life. This ‘live cinema theater’ dreamscape is an exploration of the tensions of making it big as a Chinatown girl amidst a world not made to accommodate her.