tv & film
tv & film
What Billie and Emma Does Not Say
Billie & Emma (2018) is a Filipino indie film directed by Samantha Lee. It is a mushy love story of two high schoolers in the mid-90s. Billie is what we would call a “tomboy” back then, while Emma is the quintessential model student. The unlikely pair are brought together by a school project many Catholic-schooled kids are familiar with—the egg baby project.
Mulan: An Existential Crisis
Mulan, a 1998 Disney animation film, is a coming-of-age story of a Chinese girl named Fa Mulan. Set during Han Dynasty China, girls in the movie are deemed as subordinate to males, their sole duty in life set to please their husbands and families by marrying at a young age and perform household chores with prestige.
Asian Women in Film and TV: Who’s Been Here, Who’s Raising Us Up & What’s To Come
When I was little, the character I related to most was the animated character of Mulan: a classic.Her hair was long like mine, our eyes were similar, she expressed a frustration that I related to, and her ancestors sounded like my aunties; I saw myself in this animated creation.
Relatable to Me
In 2017, the film Ghost in the Shell caused a significant uproar when the news that Scarlett Johansson was cast in the lead role broke - she was to depict the Japanese main character, Major.
Finding Dorothy
Growing up, I was always the yellow Power Ranger. Despite the fact that 26 seasons of PowerRangers have now aired and only the first one and a half featured a female Asian Yellow Ranger, I’ve found that the role has somehow become a part of many Asian female millennials’ childhoods.
Asian Representation in Hollywood (Or Lack Thereof)
2018 has brought upon us a title wave of astonishing diversity in films. Blockbuster films such as ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ are celebrated for their casts of incredibly diverse actors, nearly all of them being phenomenal colored actors. (Sorry Martin Freeman)