73.011 - Film Expo: Miss Chinatown USA

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Joining the Miss Chinatown Pageant was the last thing on Katie Au’s mind. She never learned to speak Chinese and didn’t fit in with other Chinese-American girls.

Then her mother entered her into the contest, and her father decided to play pageant coach.

“Miss Chinatown, U.S.A.” is the comical and touching story of a young woman who competes in one of America’s oldest ethnic beauty pageants. As Katie travels from her native Seattle to the bustling streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown, she embarks upon a journey of self-discovery— changing our notions of what it means to be young, female, and Asian in America.

Film Website: www.kathyhuangfilms.com

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chairs

• Jonathan I Gayles, Georgia State University

• Kathy Huang, The Huang Films