PRESS FOR FINDING KUKAN

REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

• June 2019 Jour­nal of Asian Amer­i­can Stud­ies “…provoca­tive, com­pelling, and rich­ly rewarding”

• March 14, 2018 Book­list “A fas­ci­nat­ing por­trait of a pio­neer Asian Amer­i­can filmmaker.”

• Feb­ru­ary 28, 2018 Cineaste “…a med­i­ta­tion on the hyp­not­ic allure of pho­to­graph­ic imagery…”

• Oct 19, 2017 Arts Fuse “…a com­pelling detec­tive story.…important in shin­ing a light on unsung women in the his­to­ry of Amer­i­can film…” 

• June 12, 2017 Inter­na­tion­al Exam­in­er “I think if you have a great sto­ry, the sto­ry will pull you in no mat­ter what.” ~ direc­tor Robin Lung interviewed

• May 24, 2017 Seat­tle Screen Scene “…a film that is as warm­ly per­son­al as it is engag­ing in its content.” 

• March 10, 2017 Beyond Chron “FINDING KUKAN demon­strates that re-dis­cov­er­ing for­got­ten his­to­ry can yield trea­sures as valu­able as gold or jewels.” 

• Novem­ber 21, 2016 Hol­ly­wood Soap­box “4 Stars.” “Lung has done a great ser­vice to the his­to­ry of world cin­e­ma and the lega­cy of this pio­neer­ing producer.”

• Novem­ber 16, 2016 The Mary Sue “Li Ling-Ai is sort of emblem­at­ic of many women and peo­ple of col­or who did incred­i­ble things but have been for­got­ten by his­to­ry. Her sto­ry is one of many.” ~ direc­tor Robin Lung interviewed

• Novem­ber 15, 2016 Splin­ter “…a mys­tery film…an under­dog film…a tragedy…and an homage to doc­u­men­tary filmmaking.”

• Novem­ber 14, 2016 JB Spins: “Find­ing Kukan makes you want to see Kukan, which is rather the point. It also inspires respect and affec­tion for its force­ful pro­tag­o­nist. Time spent with her is a plea­sure. Very high­ly recommended.”

• Novem­ber 14, 2016 Unseen Films: “Amaz­ing.” “If you love movies or his­to­ry see this film.”

• Novem­ber 14, 2016 Plan­et Chocko: “Valiant.” “Go grab some pop­corn and find the near­est the­atre screen­ing Find­ing Kukan!”
  

• Novem­ber 14, 2016 Women and Hol­ly­wood: “I’d like audi­ences to think about who the miss­ing char­ac­ters are from their own chap­ters in his­to­ry and ques­tion why those peo­ple haven’t been cel­e­brat­ed, rec­og­nized, or remem­bered.” ~ direc­tor Robin Lung interviewed
  

• March 6, 2016 Aljazeera: “KUKAN had a back­sto­ry as com­pelling as its onscreen material.”
  

• August 18, 2015 Chi­na Dai­ly: “KUKAN is an inspi­ra­tional exam­ple of a brave Chi­nese woman who dared to be a cul­tur­al pro­duc­er and cre­ate pos­i­tive change in the world.”

• Novem­ber 18, 2012 Hon­olu­lu-Star Adver­tis­er “A Kailua wom­an’s quest for a hero­ine turns up a long-lost film about Chi­na and its peo­ple amid war with Japan.”

• May 6, 2017, Bar­ry Vogel inter­views direc­tor Robin Lung for “Radio Curi­ous” here

• May 3, 2017, Forth­right Radio, host­ed by Joy LaClaire, pro­files Find­ing KUKAN here

• Novem­ber 24, 2016, Mike Kas­par does an in-depth inter­view for “Film School Radio” in LA.here

• Octo­ber 24, 2016, Direc­tor Robin Lung on Hawaii Pub­lic Radio talk­ing about Find­ing Kukan and Li Ling-Ai here