Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

1h 41m
Documentary
8.2

Amy Tan has established herself as one of America’s most respected literary voices. Born to Chinese immigrant parents, it would be decades before the author of The Joy Luck Club would fully understand the inherited trauma rooted in the legacies of women who survived the Chinese tradition of concubinage.

Cast

Amy Tan
Self
Isabel Allende
Self
Kevin Kwan
Self

Crew

James Redford
Director
John Behrens
Director of Photography
Michael Kantor
Executive Producer
Karen Pritzker
Producer
Cassandra Jabola
Producer
Ethan Johnson
Camera Operator
Giordi Serafini
Camera Operator
Xaviera López
Animation
Bob Edwards
Sound Designer
Kathryn Bostic
Original Music Composer
Clare Major
Additional Photography

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