Nancy Kwan – MRQE

The Wrecking Crew

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world’s economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.

Babies (TV)

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The physical and emotional trauma of three close-knit women trying to have children is explored.

Slaying the Dragon (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A highly critical documentary about the history of Asian-American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering Asian-American actresses and clips from classic films such as “The Thief of Bagdad”, “The Good Earth”, and “The World of Suzie Wong”, interspersed with Asian/feminist sociological commentary.

“Noble House”

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Despite its impressive history and reputation, the international trading company Struan’s is in trouble. Overextended by the previous management, new tai-pan Ian Dunross has had to issue public stock to improve the company’s financial standing. Even this, however, has not given him the capital he needs. As a result, he is courting a private investor, American billionaire Linc Bartlett. Bartlett decides secretly to back Dunross’ arch enemy, Quillian Gornt, who will stop at nothing to destroy Struan’s. When Dunross realises that Gornt is suddenly strong enough to ruin the Noble House, he must urgently forge new alliances or reshape ancient ones.

Be Water

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his struggles between two worlds, this portrait explores questions of identity and representation through the use of rare archival footage, interviews with loved ones and Bruces own writings.

Nobody’s Perfect

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, which if discovered missing would threaten Japanese/American relations. Doc Willoughby is the ship’s petty officer, whose antics are constantly getting him into trouble with his captain. On shore leave, Willoughby falls for a seemingly demure Japanese girl in a kimono shop, who actually turns out to be a Japanese/American nurse in the US Navy, Lt. Tomiko Momoyama. However, it turns out she was betrothed as a child to a traditional Japanese man named Toshi, who fully intends on enforcing tradition. Willoughby divides his time between trying to return the Buddha statue back to the Japanese village it rightfully belongs to, and trying to woo Tomiko from the traditional Japanese man she rightfully belongs to.

Window Horses

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but shed rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. Its about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. Its about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her fathers past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.

Paint It Black

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.

To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen’s Journey

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers around the world in her stunning motion picture debut in THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG (1960). Nancy Kwan’s story is both fairytale and poignant as it takes its audience on a personal journey, a woman’s journey, which is as equally compelling as it is inspiring.

Hollywood Chinese

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.