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Golden Gate Girls
Directed by S. Louisa Wei (魏時煜)
2013•90 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Topic
- Memory & History
- Mood
- Wistful
- Featured in
- A Life’s Work
Synopsis
The film traces the life and times of Esther Eng, a San Francisco native known as Hong Kong’s first “directress.” She directed 10 Cantonese talkies.
Trailer
Footnote
- First
Esther Eng was the first woman to direct a Chinese-language film in the US — and the only woman directing feature-length films in the US between Dorothy Arzner's 1943 retirement and Ida Lupino's 1949 debut
Main Cast
SHStephanie HanNarrator
Siu Yin-FeiSelf
Law KarSelf
Esther EngHerself (archive footage)
Anna May WongSelf (archive footage)
