Basic Info

Release: August 28, 2021

Runtime: 8 min

Status: Released

Videos

I Had No Idea What it All Meant | Family Legends (TEASER) | Coming to PBS & Digital 08.28.2021 (YouTube)

She Made the First Asian American Film. History Forgot Her. | TEASER | Coming to PBS 08-28-2021 (YouTube)

Family Legend

2021 8 min

Overview

In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially appears to be a story about a Chinese family cursed for allowing Western influence through the door, proves to be an illuminating examination of cultural diaspora years ahead of its time.Sandwiched between two global pandemics, this documentary follows the Wong family descendents as they secure The Curse of Quon Gwon its place in film history and new revelations rise to the surface.