Seeking Asian Female
- Year
- 2012
- Description
- Filmmaker Debbie Lum gets pulled into the lives of 60-year-old white American Steven and 30-year-old Jianhua—also called Sandy—when Sandy accepts Steven's marriage proposal and moves to California from China. Steven has been obsessed with finding an Asian wife, and when Sandy is not the submissive partner he expects, he asks Debbie to translate during their arguments and seeks her relationship advice.
- Director
- Lum, Debbie
- Writer
- Ferraris, Amy; Lum, Debbie; Nguyen, Tina
- Producer
- Lum, Debbie
- Cinematographer
- Lum, Debbie
- Editor
- Ferraris, Amy; Lum, Debbie; Nguyen, Tina
- Production Team
- Independent Television Service, KQED-TV, Center for Asian American Media, and New Day Films
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English and Mandarin with English subtitles
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (81 min.) or 1 streaming video (81 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Additional Content
- The DVD includes a 53-min. version of the film and deleted scenes.
- Production Notes
- Broadcast on the PBS television series Independent Lens on May 6, 2013.
- Updated
- 04-12-2022
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Reviews
NPR, May 11, 2013Video Librarian, Mar.–Apr. 2014, 60–61