It's been 25 years since Hollywood released a film featuring an all-Asian lead cast that wasn't a martial arts film. "Crazy Rich Asians" is making big money at the box office, and while it's a rather standard rom-com, it's also a significant moment for representation in film. But that's also what many people said about the Joy Luck Club in 1993.
What makes this time different? Our guests:
- Eleanor Lenoe, sophomore at the University of Rochester
- Linh Phillips, creator of the Sir Rocha Says blog, and consumer insights manager at Constellation Brands Inc.
- Joanne Bernardi, professor of Japanese and film and media studies, and head of the Japanese program at the University of Rochester
- Regina Buralli, sophomore at Brighton High School
