Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

Feb 2, 2021

1h 41m

★ 8.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

KPJR Films

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Cast

Self

Amy Tan

Self

Isabel Allende

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Kevin Kwan

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Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

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