Filmmaker
Deborah Gee
Deborah Gee began a reporter for the San Francisco NBC affiliate. She became an independent filmmaker in the late 1980s and is now a Feng Shui consultant. In 1987 Gee directed SLAYING THE DRAGON for Asian Women United, a pan-Asian organization of women that was established in 1976. (01/15)
Available Title(s):
Slaying the Dragon and Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded
A film by Deborah Gee, 2011, 88 min, Color
SLAYING THE DRAGON is a comprehensive look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister dragon lady, to Suzie Wong and the ’50s geisha girls, to the Asian-American…
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