A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Editing
Brutal juxtaposition of racist clips with expert testimony.
Production
Rare archival footage that Hollywood tried to bury.
Director
Julia Kuperberg
Tamlyn Tomita
Self
Joseph McBride
Self
Marlon Brando
(archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn
(archive footage)
Warner Oland
Charlie Chan (archive footage)
Anna May Wong
(archive footage)
Keye Luke
(archive footage)
Sessue Hayakawa
(archive footage)
Paul Muni
(archive footage)
Luise Rainer
(archive footage)
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
(archive footage)
Robert Stack
(archive footage)
Victoria Shaw
(archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary deliberately uses the term 'yellowface' to parallel 'blackface,' forcing audiences to recognize these practices as equally systemic rather than isolated casting quirks.
Tamlyn Tomita's participation carries extra weight—she began her career in 'The Karate Kid Part II' (1986), one of Hollywood's first attempts to cast actual Asian actors in Asian roles after decades of exclusion.
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