September 16-20, 2020
Cambodia Town Film Festival: Virtual
The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor returns for encore screenings at the Cambodia Town Film Festival. Showcasing the best in Cambodian cinema from around the world, this year’s festival is a free virtual forum, including films and special events.
September 20, 2020 at 6:30pm PST
The live event has passed, but can be seen online via the info link below.
Info: https://youtu.be/8l9eciDHMz8
Presented as part of the Cambodia Town Film Festival, Stories We Didn’t Learn in School discusses the stories that weren’t taught in schools. This Facebook Live event features panelists/filmmakers Chris Lockett (Until They’re Gone), Arthur Dong (The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor), James Taing (Ghost Mountain), and Rithy Hanh (In The Life of Music). Hosted by Shawna Lesseur.
March 11, 2019
March 11: Chaktomuk Theater, Phnom Penh, 2:30pm
March 13: Bophana Center, Phnom Penh, 10:30am
Info: http://www.cambodia-iff.com/
The Cambodia Internationa Film Festival presents The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor as part of it’s special program, “Facing Genocides: Four Decades Since the Khmer Rouge Fall.”
November 11, 2017 at 5pm
Bophana Center
#64 street 200, 12211
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
+855 (0)23 99 21 74
Info: http://bophana.org/
Bophana Center’s “Cine Saturday” series presents an encore screening of The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor. The screening will be a special Khmer version, with Khmer dialogue and English subtitles. FREE.
November 9, 2017 at 2:45-5pm
Ethnic Cultural Theater
University of Washington
3931 Brooklyn Avenue, NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Info: https://us.eventbu.com/seattle/special-screening-killing-fields-of-dr-haing-s-ngor/6913463
The Khmer Students Association at the University of Washington presents a special screening of The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor. A reception and in-person Q & A with director Arthur Dong follows. In partnership with the 2017 PICA Conference, the Organization of Chinese Americans, and Asian Student Union, University of Washington. FREE.
May 7, 2017
Info: http://worldchannel.org/programs/episode/dw-s1-101-the-killing-fields/
DocWorld, World Channel PBS
December 11, 2016
Info: http://worldchannel.org/programs/episode/dw-s1-101-the-killing-fields/
DocWorld, World Channel PBS
October 27 & 28, 2016
Cinépolis Centro and Cinépolis Las Américas
Morelia Mich., México
Info: http://moreliafilmfest.com/en/peliculas/the-killing-fields-of-dr-haing-s-ngor/
Director in attendance.
September 18, 2016
Info: http://worldchannel.org/programs/episode/dw-s1-101-the-killing-fields/
DocWorld, World Channel PBS
April 2 & 3, 2016 at 1:30pm
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18
735 Iwilei Road
Honolulu, HI 96817
Info: http://program.hiff.org/films/detail/killing_fields_of_dr_haing_s_ngor_the_2016
April 20, 2023 at 11am-1pm (PDT)
Virtual Event
Free, registration required
Info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/case-studies-of-social-impact-films-tickets-598743627307
Join this 3rd event in Social Impact Entertainment Society/SIE’s webinar series on creating social change through film & TV. Hear from practitioners Rosalina Jowers (Director of Communications and Marketing, Participant Media), Arthur Dong (CEO and Founder of DeepFocus Productions, Inc.), and Christian Monti (COO of Cinelytic). Moderated by Jeff Chao (Head of Finance of the SIE Society). Free, registration required.
Virtual Event
Info: https://www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/
Join Hollywood Chinese writer Arthur Dong and fellow honorees in celebration at the Asian Pacific American Award in Literature Ceremonies, followed by a live chat session with authors. The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, an affiliate of the American Library Association, will recognize titles based on their literary and artistic merit. Originally broadcast June 18, 2021. Click here to watch the awards ceremony. Click here to watch the post-awards chat with each author.
Streaming through October 31, 2022
The Criterion Channel
Info: https://www.criterionchannel.com/hollywood-chinese-1
Curated by Arthur Dong, the Hollywood Chinese 25-film series spans cinema’s first hundred years to explore the ways in which the Chinese have been imagined in American feature films, confronting an often grotesque legacy of stereotypes and spotlighting the indelible contributions of trailblazing talents. New subscribers can sign up for a 14-day free trial.
Ends March 31, 2022
The Criterion Channel presents “Stories of Resistance: Documentaries by Arthur Dong.” This collection highlights powerful stories centering queer and Asian American experiences, and are available together in a complete retrospective for the first time. Now streaming through the end of March 2022. Watch the filmmaker’s interview here.
Virtual Event
Presented as a program of the Cambodia Town Film Festival, Stories We Didn’t Learn in School explores the stories that weren’t taught in traditional classrooms. Panelists included filmmakers Chris Lockett (Until They’re Gone), Arthur Dong (The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor), James Taing (Ghost Mountain), Rithy Hanh (In The Life of Music), and moderator Shawna Lesseur. Originally broadcast on September 20, 2020. Click here to watch.
March 25, 2021 at 6pm-7pm, PST
Virtual Event
Info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinatown-pride-tickets-143793216381?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
The Chinese Culture Center (CCC) and San Francisco Pride proudly present Chinatown Pride, an evening of queer art and Chinese culture that features art, drag performances, cocktail demonstrations, and more. Featured artists include Pearl Teese, Tina Takemoto, Heesoo Kwon, Brandon Jew, Chelsea Wong, and Arthur Dong, who will be showing a clip from his film Forbidden City, USA.
Virtual Event
The Pan Asian Collective in Amsterdam presented a screening of Hollywood Chinese to anchor a discussion covering Asian perspectives on racist expressions. The “No Asians!” event was a part of the second annual Week Against Racism interdisciplinary festival. Panelists included Thu Ha Nguyen, Nederlands Filmfonds, and Pete Wu, journalist. The event is in Dutch. Originally broadcast on October 30, 2020. Click here to watch.
Virtual Event
Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris hosts a virtual photo-share with LGBTQ photographers, filmmakers, authors and cultural producers. Guests included photographer Lola Flash, performer Justin Clapp, author and filmmaker Arthur Dong (Coming Out Under Fire; Licensed to Kill), filmmaker Jennie Livingston (Paris is Burning), and theater artist Christina Quintana. Originally broadcast on October 26, 2020. Click here to watch.
October 26, 2020 at 3pm, Pacific Standard Time
The live event has passed, but can be seen online via the info link below.
Info: https://youtu.be/NGkrwgb8YZg
Join filmmaker and host Thomas Allen Harris as he speaks with LGBTQ photographers, filmmakers, authors and cultural producers who are making history through their work and recording it through their films, archives and family photo albums. The guests include: photographer Lola Flash, performer Justin Clapp, filmmakers Arthur Dong (Coming Out Under Fire; Licensed to Kill) and Jennie Livingston (Paris is Burning) and theater artist Christina Quintana.
April 28, 2018 at 6pm
Ocean Seafood Restaurant
750 Hill Street.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323/222-0856
Info: http://www.chssc.org/Events/GoldenSpikeDinner.aspx
Arthur Dong is among the 2018 Golden Spike Award recipients to be honored by The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California for accomplishments in visual storytelling. Fellow honorees are filmmakers Felicia Lowe, Renee Tajiima-Pena, Pamela Tom, and media organization Visual Communications.
November 14, 2023 at 7pm
The Crawford
474 S. Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA
Info: https://laist.com/laist-kcet-artbound-screening-series-angel-city-press
Hollywood Chinese author and filmmaker Arthur is a featured profile inn KCET’s new Artbound documentary about publisher Angel City Press. LAist presents a free in-person, public screening hosted by Antonia Cereijido.
May 21, 2023 at 3-4PM (PDT)
Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
Info: https://shop.villagewell.com/events/25272
Join authors Arthur Dong (Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films), Harlan Lebo (Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker’s Journey), and Darrell Rooney (Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital) as they discuss the Golden Age of Hollywood. Moderated by NPR arts correspondent Mandalit Del Barco.
April 23, 2023 at 12-2pm
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California
Angel City Press, booth 119
Free.
Info: https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/
Meet Arthur Dong at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, signing his book Hollywood Chinese at the Angel City Press booth #119. April 23, 12noon to 2pm.
November 4 - 27, 2022
Academy Museum
6067 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Info: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/series/hollywood-chinese-the-first-100-years
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures presents “Hollywood Chinese: The First 100 Years“, a live and in-person series of 27 films in 15 programs guest curated and introduced by Arthur Dong, with many special guests to be announced. The series includes four award-winning films in the Oscar® Sundays programs (scroll to November listings).
October 23, 2022
Formosa Cafe
7156 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Info: https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/formosa/
Join author and filmmaker Arthur Dong on the rooftop of the iconic Formosa Cafe in West Hollywood for a sneak peek into his upcoming Hollywood Chinese series at the Academy Museum. Free, no minimum.
October 7, 2022 at 6pm
Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94014
Hollywood Chinese kicks-off the Mechanics’ Institute film series, “Exposing Chinese Stereotypes in Film.” An in-person screening at their San Francisco location, director Arthur Dong joins the post-screening discussion via Zoom. Free for members, all others sliding scale: Free to $10.
September 23, 2022 at 7:30pm
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Wayne Wang’s Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart and The Joy Luck Club screens as part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series focused on the auteur director. Filmmaker Arthur Dong moderates the Q & A with Wang.
November 3, 2021 at 4pm/PT, 6pm/CT, 7pm/ET
Virtual Event
Info: https://ccamuseum.org/nov-3-hollywood-chinese-documentary-screening-and-webinar-discussion/
The Chinese American Museum of Chicago is proud to host Arthur Dong in a virtual event celebrating his documentary and book Hollywood Chinese. This live “in-person” Zoom presentation by the filmmaker/author will feature a fascinating array of rare images and film clips that explore the portrayal of the Chinese in movies and their impact on the film industry. The Hollywood Chinese documentary will also be available for screening before the discussion; registrants receive a discount code to stream the film for $1. FREE, but registration is required.
May 20, 2021 at 5pm PST
Virtual Event
The Art Deco Society of California is proud to host Arthur Dong in a virtual event celebrating his book Hollywood Chinese. A past speaker and recipient of ADSC’s Historic Preservation Award for his work on Forbidden City and the golden age of Chinatown nightclubs, Dong returns to give a guided “Hollywood Chinese” tour, featuring a visual feast of images and an array of fascinating film clips culled from his life-long research and passion for cinema history.
October 30, 2020
The event has passed but can be seen online via the info link below.
Info: https://youtu.be/ax0ndcX4rjc
The Pan Asian Collective in Amsterdam presents this screening of Hollywood Chinese to anchor a discussion covering Asian perspectives on racist expressions. The “No Asians!” event is a part of the second annual Week Against Racism interdisciplinary festival. Panelists included Thu Ha Nguyen, Nederlands Filmfonds, and Pete Wu, journalist. The event will be presented in Dutch.
March 31, 2019 at 1pm
USC, University of Southern California
Theater SCA 112
900 W 34th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Public, Arthur Dong’s debut film made as a young teen, will screened in a festival of queer and trans Asian shorts. Co-sponsored by USC Asian Pacific Cinema Association. Free.
May 4, 2020 at 5pm, PST; 8pm EST
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival | Virtual Showcase
Online Worldwide
Info: https://tinyurl.com/y8urfr8d
In 1990, Arthur Dong was commissioned by Visual Communications to produced a documentary to mark their 20th anniversary. CLAIMING A VOICE: The Visual Communications Story will stream as part of Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival‘s Virtual Showcase, followed by a live online panel with editor Walt Louie, Dong,and moderator Abraham Ferrer. Free online streaming of the complete film is available starting May 1, 2020; panel is slated for May 4.
Click here to see a recording of the virtual Q & A (start at approximately 6 minutes in).
November 5, 2022
The Museum of Flight
9404 E. Marginal Way South
Seattle, WA 98108
Free with museum admission
The Museum of Flight, the world’s largest independent non-profit air and space museum, presents a screening of the 4K restoration of Coming Out Under Fire. This special program is part of the museum’s commitment to revitalizing their space to be more inclusive of diverse stories and the contributions made by women, people of color, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups.
September 25, 2022 at 6:30pm
The Cinematheque
1131 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6Z 2L7
Info: https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2022/coming-out-under-fire
The 4K restoration of Coming Out Under Fire plays in Vancouver as part of the Pioneers of Queer Cinema series, which resurrects under-seen queer films and moving images documenting the LGBTQ+ community. Line-up includes films that offer often radical explorations of sexual orientation and gender identity, brimming with heartache, humor, and lust.
August 31 & September 4, 2022
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State Street
Chicago IL 60601
Info: https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/coming-out-under-fire
The 4K restoration of Coming Out Under Fire plays in Chicago as part of the Pioneers of Queer Cinema series, which resurrects under-seen queer films and moving images documenting the LGBTQ+ community. Line-up includes films that offer often radical explorations of sexual orientation and gender identity, brimming with heartache, humor, and lust.
July 3 & 10, 2022
Metrograph
7 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002
Info: https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999002809
The 4K restoration of Coming Out Under Fire plays in New York City as part of the Pioneers of Queer Cinema series, which resurrects under-seen queer films and moving images documenting the LGBTQ+ community. Line-up includes films that offer often radical explorations of sexual orientation and gender identity, brimming with heartache, humor, and lust.
February 20, 2022
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90024
Info: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2022/02/20/coming-out-under-fire-tongues-untied
Presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Pioneers of Queer Cinema brought together 33 films to showcase “radical explorations of sexual orientation and gender identity.” The 4K restoration of Coming Out Under Fire screened Feb 20, 2022 at the Billy Wilder Theater, followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Arthur Dong and Outfest UCLA Legacy Project Manager Brendan Lucas. Watch the conversation here.
January 23, 2018 at 7pm
Nickelodeon Theater
1607 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Info: http://nickelodeon.org/films/coming-out-under-fire/
Coming Out Under Fire screens as part of a new community-curated and monthly LGBTQ series. A post-screening conversation on the history of LGTBQ military service moderated by the SC Gay and Lesbian Business Guild follows the screening.
April 2, 2017 at 2-4pm
Jewish Community Center
3800 E. River Road.
Tucson AZ
Info: http://soazseniorpride.org/events-upcoming/coming-out-under-fire/
Southern Arizona Senior Pride presents a screening of Coming Out Under Fire with director Arthur Dong in person. A panel discussion with local LGBT veterans follows. This program is one of two events in the series “Another Look at World War 11: Perspectives from Arthur Dong”; see also: Forbidden City, USA event for April 1, 2017. Free.
Contact: soazseniorpride@gmail.com (520) 312-8923
November 24–27, 2016
Goethe Institute
Kolkata, India
December 14, 2021 at 7:30pm PST
Academy Museum
Ted Mann Theater
6067 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
Info: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/licensed-to-kill-6849218c-83a7-2e97-43aa-e9cfe7547921
Licensed to Kill and the film’s composer Miriam Cutler are featured in the Academy Museum’s film series, “Sound Off: A Celebration of Women Composers.” Cutler and director Arthur Dong are scheduled to be in attendance.
June 7-28, 2018
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Info: https://qcc2.org/history-of-violence/
The 21st National Queer Arts Festival presents the exhibition “A History of Violence. The show explores the work of artists who have gazed deeply into the flame of violence, and reacted in ways that allow us a compelling look into queer existence. Excerpts from Arthur Dong’s documentary about convicted killers of gay men, Licensed to Kill, will be shown on a video station throughout the exhibition. Free admission.
September 14-24, 2023
Emerson Colonial Theatre
106 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Info: https://blo.org/butterfly/
Boston Lyric Opera opens its 2023/24 Season with a four-performance run of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Drawing upon this expertise on Chinatown nightclubs, Arthur Dong serves as Historical Dramaturge for this re-imagined production under the direction of Phil Chan, co-founder of the advocacy group Final Bow for Yellowface. The brand-new production takes place in 1940s America under the shadow of World War II in San Francisco. Amid Puccini’s lush and sweeping score, Chan’s radical re-envisioning unfolds through the story of Butterfly, a Chinatown nightclub performer, and Pinkerton, a young soldier on the eve of his deployment.
Download the Boston Globe feature story here.
September 14-24, 2023
Emerson
118 Boylston Street
Boston MA, 02116
Info: https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/madama-butterfly-boston-lyric-opera/
Curated in partnership with historian and filmmaker Arthur Dong, “History Comes to Life in Madama Butterfly”, explores Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of Puccini’s opera through the lens of its inspirations, from San Francisco’s storied nightclub Forbidden City to the mass incarceration of thousands of American citizens following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
May 7 & May 10, 2023
Chelsea Theater
1129 Weaver Dairy Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Info: https://www.thechelseatheater.org/movie/forbidden-city-usa
Forbidden City, USA has been selected for the American Dance Festival, a multi-faceted “Movies by Movers” event dedicated to the celebration of conversation between body, movement, and camera.
July 16-18, 2021
Virtual presentation
Info: https://virtual.filmlinc.org/tv/dance-on-camera-program-1-features/1
Forbidden City, USA is a featured selection of the 49th Dance on Camera Festival for a showcase of films from each decade since the festival’s inauguration in 1971. An exclusive conversation between director Arthur Dong and Phil Chan, co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface, accompanies the virtual screening of this classic film, which has been beautifully restored from original negatives by UCLA Film & Television Archive.
June 12, 2019 at 6:30pm
Asian American Arts Alliance
20 Jay Street, suite 740
Brooklyn NY 11201
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/864726053889366/?active_tab=about
Screening of the documentary Forbidden City, USA followed by a discussion on changing the narrative around Asian Americans in the performing arts with dancers and choreographers Young Soon Kim, Jessie Obremski, and Georgina Pazcoguin.
TBA 2019
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90012
Info: http://www.janm.org
The Japanese American National Museum has commissioned filmmaker/writer Arthur Dong to curate an exhibit featuring his treasure trove of memorabilia chronicling the magic and glamour of San Francisco’s Chinatown nightclub era. The show will be an expanded version of his popular exhibition that originally premiered at the San Francisco Public Library in 2014.
July 7, 2018 at 2-4pm
Santa Clara University
Recital Hall, SCU Performing Arts Building
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
Info: https://www.scu.edu/osher/calendar/#!view/event/date/20180707/event_id/65416
Arthur Dong will present his film and book Fobidden City, USA at the University of Santa Clara. The event is part of the university’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s summer program and is open to the public. Books and DVDs will be available for purchase and signing.
May 7, 2017
Wisp Restaurant and Lounge
2885 Kalakaua Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815
Dinner at 5:30pm
Film at 7pm
Info: 808/436-4326
April 1, 2017 at 5-9pm
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
1288 W. River Road
Tucson, AZ 85704-2522
Info: http://www.tucsonchinese.org/
Filmmaker/writer Arthur Dong will present his film and book Forbidden City, USA at this event sponsored by the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. The presentation is preceded by dinner and books will be available for purchase and signing. This program is one of two events in the series “Another Look at World War 11: Perspectives from Arthur Dong”; see also: Coming Out Under Fire event for April 2, 2017. Free, but space is limited and reservations are advised.
Reservations and information: (520) 292-6900
November 13, 2016 at 1pm
Doris Duke Theater, Honolulu Academy of Arts
900 S. Beretania Street
Honolulu HI 96814
Info: http://program.hiff.org/films/detail/forbidden_city_usa_2016
Director in attendance. This special program includes a screening, book talk, and live performances by the Grant Avenue Follies. A book signing follows.
September 29, 2023 at 7-9pm
Northeastern University
Blackman Auditorium
Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
Info: https://camd.northeastern.edu/event/oath-of-the-sword-east-coast-premiere-and-panel-discussion/
Celebrate National Silent Movie Day with the East Coast premiere of the restored Oath of the Sword (1914), produced in 1914 by a company described by Moving Picture World as the “first company in America to be owned, controlled and operated by Japanese.” Panel discussion with Denise Khor, Allen Feinstein, Susan Chinsen, and Arthur Dong, who will discuss and show excerpts from The Curse of Quon Gwon. Free and open to the public.
