Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. www.nestedeggproductions.comTHE FILM | Finding KUKAN

   www.nestedeggproductions.com

   • Cached

   Comments are closed. Home page for the documentary film FINDING KUKAN by Robin Lung. A filmmaker turns detective to uncover the remarkable story of Li Ling-Ai, the un-credited female producer of KUKAN, a 1941 Academy Award-winning color documentary about World War II China that has been lost for decades.

   • Contact

     Your Name (required) Your Email (required) Subject. Δ....

   • Crew

     PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER Robin Lung Robin Lung is a 4th...

   • Purchase

     PURCHASE FINDING KUKAN NOW FOR INSTITUTIONAL & EDUCATIONAL...

   • Donate

     FINDING KUKAN is a documentary film in progress about...

   • Blog

     In July, after more than five years of work on the film, we...

   • Images

     Li Ling-Ai and Rey Scott in front of Clay The­ater for San...

2. Videos

   • 

     1:15

     youtube.com

     America ReFramed | Finding Kukan | Trailer

     2 May 2018

     284 views

   • 

     1:16

     pbs.org

     America ReFramed:Finding Kukan | Trailer Season 6 Episode 10

     11 Apr 2018

   • 

     1:57

     youtube.com

     Finding Kukan Documentary Trailer

     4 Jan 2017

     4K views

   View all

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Finding_KukanFinding Kukan - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Finding_Kukan

   • Cached

   Finding Kukan is a 2016 feature-length documentary investigating the story of Chinese Hawaii-born producer Li Ling-Ai, the female co-producer of the film Kukan (1941).

   Ceremony Date	Category
   Hawaii International Film Festival	2016
   Hawaii International Film Festival	2016
   CAAMFest	2017
   Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival	2017

   See full list on en.wikipedia.org

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt6313010Finding Kukan (2016) - IMDb

   www.imdb.com › title › tt6313010

   • Cached

   Nov 5, 2016 · Finding Kukan: Directed by Robin Lung. With Ling-Ai Li, Kelly Hu, Daniel Dae Kim, Richard Balin. FINDING KUKAN investigates the story of Chinese Hawaii-born Li Ling-Ai, the un-credited female producer of KUKAN, a 1941 Academy Award-winning color documentary about World War II China that has been lost for decades.

   • 7.7/10 (25)
   • Genre: Documentary

   • Director: Robin Lung
   • Release Date: 2016-11-05

5. Images

   • 
   • 
   • 

   View all

6. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › finding_kukanFinding Kukan | Rotten Tomatoes

   www.rottentomatoes.com › m › finding_kukan

   • Cached

   Finding Kukan View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis In the late 1930s, Chinese-American firebrand Li Ling-Ai jolts Americans into helping China by capturing a citizen's perspective of the ...

   • 5/5
   • Director: Robin Lung

   • Category: Documentary

7. www.youtube.com › watchFinding Kukan | Trailer | America ReFramed - YouTube

   www.youtube.com › watch

   • Cached

   Mar 14, 2022 · Robin Lung documents her journey to uncover the efforts of Li Ling-Ai, the uncredited producer of the Academy® Award-winning 'Kukan.' The film sheds a light ...

8. www.themarysue.com › robin-lung-interviewDirector Robin Lung on Uncovering History in Finding Kukan ...

   www.themarysue.com › robin-lung-interview

   • Cached

   Nov 16, 2016 · Finding Kukan. There were a lot of amazing films at DOC NYC this year, but Robin Lung’s Finding Kukan hit especially close to home for me as an Asian-American. Lung’s documentary is all about ...

9. People also ask

   What is a Kukan documentary?

   • It depicted real-life Mexican villagers playing versions of themselves in a scripted drama. There was another brand of documentary emerging, however, and it was rapidly gaining prestige. Kukan was part of a generation of war documentaries that sought to help American audiences understand the battles being fought overseas.

   Finding Kukan and a piece of Chinese-American history

   www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/3/6/finding-kukan-and-a-piece-of-chinese-american-history

   See all results for this question

   Why is Kukan so famous?

   • Their landmark film KUKAN screens for President Roosevelt at the White House, is called “awesome” by the New York Times, and receives one of the first Academy Awards for a feature documentary in 1942. Why have we never heard of Li Ling-Ai? And why have all copies of KUKAN disappeared?

   THE FILM | Finding KUKAN

   www.nestedeggproductions.com/

   See all results for this question

   Why was Kukan a golden era for Documentary Filmmaking?

   • It was a golden era for documentary filmmaking, both in spite of the war and because of it. Columbia University professor Ying Qian said that governments came to rely on the genre for propaganda purposes, since “its persuasive power is greater than fiction”. “In some ways, this film Kukan was not a unique phenomenon.

   Finding Kukan and a piece of Chinese-American history

   www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/3/6/finding-kukan-and-a-piece-of-chinese-american-history

   See all results for this question

   Was Kukan smuggled back to America?

   • Kukan was smuggled back to the United States, supposedly in bamboo poles, and there it was shown in some of the finest movie theatres on Broadway. It even got a special White House screening. The Oscars couldn’t possibly ignore a film with so much momentum.

   Finding Kukan and a piece of Chinese-American history

   www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/3/6/finding-kukan-and-a-piece-of-chinese-american-history

   See all results for this question

10. www.aljazeera.com › features › 2016/3/6Finding Kukan and a piece of Chinese-American history

    www.aljazeera.com › features › 2016/3/6

    • Cached

    Mar 6, 2016 · Kukan was smuggled back to the United States, supposedly in bamboo poles, and there it was shown in some of the finest movie theatres on Broadway. ... Finding Kukan. But as it turns out, Lung wasn ...