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AMY TAN: UNINTENDED MEMOIR

WONDERLANDS

AMY TAN and KYLE REDFORD will join us for a live Q&A following the 7:30pm screening on Sunday, May 9

US 2021, 82 min Director JAMES REDFORD
In this rich portrait of celebrated Bay Area writer Amy Tan, the author of The Joy Luck Club, now in her 60s, reflects upon both the intimate histories of her family and her own, which alone could fill the pages of several memoirs. With clear eyes and robust detail, Tan recounts the ways her own life growing up in Oakland to immigrant Chinese parents influenced her novels, turning the very specific and unique aspects of her life into universally relatable stories. Fellow authors Isabel Allende (The House of the Spirits) and Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians), as well as cast members from the 1993 film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club including Rosalind Chao and Tamlyn Tomita, flesh out the otherwise autobiographical tale, offering loving outside perspectives of Tan and her work in this enlightening doc, which marks the final film by fellow Bay Area artist, director James Redford (Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution).

SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

IN-THEATER

SUNDAY,  MAY 9 • 4:30, 7:30
TUESDAY, MAY. 11 • 4:30, 7:30

$10 CFI Members | $13 General
$11 Senior (65+) / Youth (18 & under)

DIRECTOR

JAMES REDFORD was an award-winning director, writer, and producer for film and television. In collaboration with Karen Pritzker, he formed KPJR FILMS to produce groundbreaking social issue documentaries, including The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, Paper Tigers, Resilience: The Biology of Stress and The Science of Hope, and Playing for Keeps. He and his father, Robert Redford, co-founded The Redford Center, a non-profit media entity that engages people through inspiring stories that galvanize environmental action. James was committed to storytelling and passionate about his filmmaking. Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir is his last completed film and shows him at the height of his powers.

FILM INFO

COUNTRY:US
YEAR:2021
RUNNING TIME:82 min
LANGUAGE:English
DIRECTOR:James Redford
PRODUCERS:
Karen Pritzker, Cassandra Jabola
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
John Behrens
EDITOR:
Jeff Boyette
PRINT SOURCE:
PBS/KPJR Films
NOTE WRITER:
Joe Bowman