Film Screening and Q&A;: Saving Face

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Film & Other Media

Nov 201412
7:00p.m.

Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, California, 90012
United States


In a partnership with Visual Communications and Angry Asian Man , JANM is pleased to present a tenth anniversary screening of the theatrical release of the romantic comedy/drama Saving Face .

A Manhattan surgeon faces pressure from her mother to find a nice man and settle down. What the mother doesn’t realize is that her daughter is gay. The film looks at the surgeon’s struggle to find balance between career, romance, and family expectations.

Rated R for some sexuality and language.

Following the screening, there will be a Q&A moderated by Angry Asian Man (Phil Yu) with director Alice Wu, producer Teddy Zee, and cast including Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, and Brian Yang.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., screening at 7 p.m., Q&A at 8:45 p.m. Reception with cash bar to follow, at Far Bar, 347 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

$8 JANM and VC members, $10 non-members, $14 at the door.


For more up-to-date information about this event and others, please visit the Japanese American National Museum's events page: http://www.janm.org/events/#12

 

JANM . Last modified Nov 09, 2014 4:49 p.m.


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