A Shared Recommendation List for Summer Leisure Time Chinese/Taiwanese-American films and books FILM LIST [In random order] Documentary Film: Minding the Gap (2018) Director: Bing Liu With: Keire Johnson, Zack Mulligan, Bing Liu Three childhood friends united in their love for skateboarding grow up in a small Illinois town in front of our eyes in filmmaker Bing Liu’s Oscar-nominated documentary, with searing observations on race, class and masculinity. Read a review: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/movies/minding-the-gap-review- documentary.html Feature Film: Chan is Missing Feature Film: Saving Face (2004) Director: Alice Wu Cast: Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen A young surgeon keeps her sexual identity a secret from her mom, who has secrets of her own. A hallmark of lesbian cinema and a beloved comedy of Chinese American women negotiating family honor. Feature Film: Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Director: Justin Lin Cast: Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan “Fast & Furious” franchise helmer Justin Lin made his solo directing debut with this Sundance hit, a high school crime drama about Asian American overachievers breaking bad that sent the model minority myth spinning. It remains a milestone for ferociously defiant Asian American storytelling. Read a Review: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/08/how-better-luck- tomorrow-argued-for-its-existence-15-years-ago/568045/ Films that will be screened in Chinese Classes: Chinese 101 The Farewell ALC 325 Chinese Cinema: Ideology and the Box office The Joy Luck Club The Wedding Banquet A Thousand Years of Good Prayers FICTION LIST [In random order] Author: Lisa See Novel Title: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005) Author: Amy Tan Novel Title: The Joy Luck Club (1989) The Kitchen God’s Wife (1991) Author: Ha Jin Novel Title: Waiting (1999) Biography: The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po) (2019) Author: Zheng Nian Memoir Title: Life and Death in Shanghai (1987) Author: Michelle Kuo Memoir Title: Reading with Patrick (2017) Read an interview with the author: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/30/books/tell-us-5-things- about-your-book-reading-with-patrick.html 7/30/2020 Online Info Session Students sharing their summer “watch and read” titles and music playlists: TRY THIS (Thanks to Juliano for sharing!): Learning Language with Netflix (LLN) Add the Chrome Extension using this link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/language-learning-with-ne/hoombieeljmmljlkjmnheibnpciblicm How to Use LLN: https://languagelearningwithnetflix.com/instructions.html# Titles: 1. Tigertai 2. The Half of It (Alice Wu) 3. Wandering the Way, Victor H. Mair; Moutnains and rivers without end, Gary Snyder; The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula Le Guin 4. Stories Old and New: a Ming dynasty collection 5. Three Kingdoms by Guanzhong Luo 6. the legend of luo xiaohei 7. Ne Zha (Animated Film) 8. Taiwanese playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlxUtxjCi0Pccy1KWi3uYroHUuSUrg-G1 Chinese rock playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlxUtxjCi0PcagvttCWQMaKoWf-ymQjB3 9. CAN YOU FEEL IT YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR (非常勿扰 opening song) 10. Grace Lin’s books for young adults (read with your younger family members( 11. running man china/ keep running 12. 快乐大本营 13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4qVhOaRBSY This is 张艺兴's latest music video 14. 致我们单纯的小美好 A Love So Beautiful 很不错, high school rom com 15. cartoon, 喜羊羊與灰太狼 Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. It's on YouTube! .