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Who Is Albert Woo?
200051 min 44 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Hunt Hoe
Production: Germaine Ying Gee WongSally Bochner
Script: David SobelmanHunt Hoe
What comes to mind when you think of an Asian man? It may be the strong and tenacious martial arts movie star Jackie Chan. Or perhaps it's a stoic intellectual like The Beatles' Maharishi. But what about a passionate, artistic, sexy, ultra-hip, funny... yo-yo champion?!
Director Hunt Hoe is searching for Asian role models to get a modern sense of what it means to be an Asian man in the West. But the men he encounters don't conform to the usual narrow stereotypes, nor do they feel compelled to follow the traditions of their ancestors--men like Hoe's grandfather.
Why are Asian men represented as strong, silent, cold and clinical? How do they want to be represented? Who Is Albert Woo? examines the way identities are shaped by the media, history and cultural legacy, and to what extent such representations distort reality.
Who is Albert? Albert is the Asian man who is speaking up, stepping out and abandoning all expectations!
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian OriginsCustoms and TraditionsIntercultural Relations
- Social Issues > Cultural Groups
- Families > Immigrant Experience
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
Credits
- director
- Hunt Hoe
- story editor
- David Sobelman
- writer
- Hunt Hoe
- David Sobelman
- editor
- Marlene Millar
- Alfonso Peccia
- assistant editor
- Joey Calugay
- cinematographer
- Michael Wees
- additional camera
- Avijit Mukul Kishore
- Stefan Morel
- additional lighting
- Brent Marrale
- sound recordist
- Alain Tremblay
- additional sound
- On Hon Fai
- Michael Zabitsky
- production assistant
- Shelly Cheung
- David Cripton
- Andrew Cullen
- Sukhpreet Kohli
- Andrée Lachapelle
- Paul Schreyer
- researcher
- Karen Feiertag
- Wesley Lowe
- Elizabeth Klinck
- sound editor
- Marco Fania
- original music
- Janet Lumb
- Dino Giancola
- musician
- Janet Lumb
- Dino Giancola
- Liu Fang
- vocalist
- Cheryl Sim
- song - writer
- Ming Lee
- Hunt Hoe
- narrator
- Hunt Hoe
- online editing
- Sylvain Desbiens
- mixing
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- digital editing technician
- Neil O'Brien
- animation
- Savana Design Communications
- graphic artist
- Chanchala Singh Birla
- Lau Tin-Yum
- title design
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- scanning
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- effects
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- post-production coordinator
- Claude Cardinal
- transcription
- Hélène Laporte-Rawji
- Jane Meikle
- studio clerk
- Andrée Lachapelle
- Evelyn Reid
- program administrator
- Nickie Merulla
- Marie Tonto-Donati
- producer
- Germaine Ying Gee Wong
- executive producer
- Sally Bochner
Awards
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Multicultural / Race RelationsYorkton Film Festival
- Honourable MentionInternational Film Festival