DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

American masters (Television program)

Amy Tan : unintended memoir / a production of KPJR Films and American Masters Pictures ; director, James Redford ; producer, Julie Sacks, Karen Pritzker, Cassandra Jabola.

[DVD Widescreen].

Arlington, VA : PBS, [2021]

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

NTSC

Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950's America, it would be decades before Ms. Tan would come to fully understand how her mother's self-destructive tendencies were rooted in watching her own mother kill herself after being forced into the former marital system of concubinage. This painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. An interweaving of archival imagery, artful animation and live performance from Ms. Tan form the basis for this documentary that allows the audience to journey through Ms. Tan's life and career in vivid, living colors.

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television series, American masters, in 2021.

Wide screen.

Music by Kathryn Bostic ; animation Xaviera Lopez ; director of photography, John Behrens.

Participants: Amy Tan.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen; stereo.

For private home use only.

Close captioned in English.

Tan, Amy.

1900-1999

Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Chinese American novelists -- 20th century -- Biography.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Biographical films.

Biographies.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Redford, James, 1962-2020, film director.

Sacks, Julie (Julie A.), film producer.

Pritzker, Karen, film producer.

Jabola, Cassandra, film producer.

Tan, Amy, onscreen participant.

KPJR Films, production company.

American Masters Pictures, production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

Unintended memoir

9781531713898

1531713890

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