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American Sons

Jan 1, 1994

0h 28m

★ 0.0

Overview

AMERICAN SONS is a provocative examination of how racism shapes the lives of Asian American men. A simple but compelling performance piece featuring four of the country's best Asian American actors, AMERICAN SONS is a challenging exploration of how prejudice, bigotry and violence twists and demeans individual lives.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Farallon Films

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Cast

James

Yuji Okumoto

Mitchell

Kelvin Han Yee

Robert

Lane Nishikawa

Danny

Ron Muriera

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