CHSA presents “Through An Asian Gaze, Briefly: The Kim Loo Sisters”
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Take a look back to the jazz era of the 1930s, with director Leslie Li’s documentary “The Kim Loo Sisters.”
This film sheds light on how the issues of race, immigration, ethnicity, and cultural identity impacted the Kimmies and other Asian Americans during the Depression era, and how those same issues compare with the current wave of anti-AAPI sentiment today.
The Kim Loo Sisters were a pioneering Chinese American jazz vocal quartet popular in the 1930s and ’40s. As youngsters, these four sisters cut their teeth in kiddie revues in their hometown of Minneapolis and performed as a family act in vaudeville theaters across the country. The “Kimmies” lit up the Broadway stage and the Hollywood screen during the Second World War and broke through the bamboo ceiling to star with luminaries Frank Sinatra, the Three Stooges, Jackie Gleason, and Ann Miller.
Join CHSA for an in-depth exploration about how has society changed both on and off screen for Asian Americans from when the Kim Loo Sisters performed.
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Cost: FREE*
