I'm really tired of hearing about the accomplishments of John Woo, Sammo, Jackie, Jet Li, etc. Born and raised in America. The specter of the Asian American community dividing itself along these lines is chilling. It could very well be one of the factors suffocating artistic production by Asians in America. Like it or not, someone way back in our family history was not living where he or she should be, but somewhere else.
Immigration is an integral part of the Asian consciousness.
Veteran film editor Ruby Yang has lived in the U.S. for twenty years. Both filmmakers were born in Hong Kong. To any casual onlooker, Ed, Louise, Qi Ke, Edward and Edwin look like just another bunch of young Chinese faces staring out of the film poster. In reality, they couldn't have been more different, even though they might nominally belong to the same race. Louise speaks with a perfectly natural Australian accent, having grown up Down Under.