Family Legend (2021)
• August 28th, 2021 • 0h 8min
Documentary
Overview
In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially appears to be a story about a Chinese family cursed for allowing Western influence through the door, proves to be an illuminating examination of cultural diaspora years ahead of its time.Sandwiched between two global pandemics, this documentary follows the Wong family descendents as they secure The Curse of Quon Gwon its place in film history and new revelations rise to the surface.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Unconventional: Living Life to the Max
Released on: 2022-12-09
Documentary, Drama
Max Ramsey, an advocate for those experiencing poverty, uses what he has gone through to serve the i...
Plan 9 From Syracuse
Released on: 2007-09-07
Documentary
On August 15th, 2006, filmmaker Ryan Dacko set out to get a 30-minute meeting with a major Hollywood...
How the Berlin Worker Lives
Released on: 1930-12-31
Documentary
This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows throu...
Paper City
Released on: 2021-08-16
Documentary
Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continui...
The Belgian Road to Cannes
Released on: 2017-05-22
Documentary
A cheerful road movie all about Belgian films at Cannes over the past 70 years. Filmmakers from the ...
Nightcrawlers
Released on: 2019-08-25
Documentary
For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Released on: 1961-03-21
Documentary
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...
Hill
Released on: 2025-02-27
Documentary
In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 world championship—defying the odds and overcoming familia...
Mon Clown
Released on: 2008-03-14
Documentary, TV Movie
Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her perform...
Serial Killers Defined
Released on: 2013-01-01
Documentary
Take a chilling tour through the twisted minds of some of the most violent serial killers including ...
My Survival as an Aboriginal
Released on: 1979-07-10
Documentary, Family, History
Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teach...
The Crazy Life
Released on: 2008-09-20
Documentary
Reflects a depressing and hopeless reality by following some of the members of "la dieciocho", the s...
The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya
Released on: 1919-06-29
Documentary
This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of ...
Among Wild Birds
Released on: 1927-11-28
Documentary
Finland’s first nature documentary. The filmmakers’ expedition leads them all the way to the Åland I...
This Temporal World
Released on: 2022-02-11
Documentary
A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a you...
Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Released on: 2003-03-08
Documentary
Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."
D'où viennent les faux cheveux
Released on: 1909-10-01
Documentary
On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair beco...
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Released on: 1927-09-23
Documentary
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...
