Issue 14a

On this extra special issue Geeky Brummie is joined by Amy and Viv from besea.n, a grassroots movement ,created to shine a light on Britain’s East and South East Asians. We talk about the impact of East Asian and South East Asian under-representation and mis-characterisation in cinema and how it affects the wider cultural perception of how East and South East Asians are viewed in western society. We look at if films like Shang Chi are changing this narrative plus we review the film and postulate on what we’d like to see next. 

Chapters

00:00:00 besean intro, its history and purpose

00:13:30 Asian Cinema, is it transforming?

00:23:00 Attending the Shang Chi Premiere

00:29:00 The legacy of action focused Asian Cinema

00:35:00 Representation behind the screen

00:39:00 Improving representation in the future

00:42:00 British Born Asian actors, Asian theatre & inspiring the next generation

00:47:00 Eternals, Chloe Zhao and keeping characters static

00:56:00 Politics vs Culture

01:06:30 – Shang Chi Review

01:24:45 – Outro

Links

besea.n
https://www.besean.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/besea_n
https://www.instagram.com/besea.n
https://linktr.ee/besea.n
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAl79RJAV21-1N7yE2QWFrQ

Amy Phung

https://www.instagram.com/_amy_pix
https://twitter.com/alittlebitsktc1

Viv Yau

https://twitter.com/itsvivyau
https://www.instagram.com/itsvivyau/

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