“Finding Kukan” Documentary Film Screening | Oakland
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Oakland Asian Cultural Center | 388 9th Street, Oakland, CA
Event Details
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Filmmaker Robin Lung investigates the case of Li Ling-Ai, the uncredited female producer of KUKAN, a landmark color film that revealed atrocities in World War II China to audiences around the world.
KUKAN has the rare honor of being the first ever American feature documentary to receive an Academy Award in 1942.
Lost for decades, Lung discovers a badly damaged film print of KUKAN, and pieces together the untold, inspirational tale of the two renegades behind the making of it – Chinese American playwright Li Ling-Ai and cameraman Rey Scott.
(75 Minutes, Feature Documentary, In English and Mandarin)
Finding Kukan: A Film by Robin Lung
Feature Documentary
Followed by Q&A w / Director & Producer, Robin Lung
Presented by: The Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Co-sponsored by:
CAAM – Center for Asian American Media
CACA – Chinese American Citizens Alliance – Oakland Lodge
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Doors open 6:30pm / Film Screens 7 pm
Q&A 8:15 – 9pm
Free and Open to the Public
Suggested Donation: sliding scale $5 – $20
Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.
Cost: FREE*
