Sally's Beauty Spot

Sally's Beauty Spot

1990 · 13 min · ★ 6.0

A large black mole above an Asian woman's breast serves as a metaphor for cultural and racial difference in this engaging experimental film. Off-screen women's voices and scenes from THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG parallel and counterpoint Sally's own interracial relationships and emerging self-awareness. A provocative and stylish meditation on Asian femininity.

Directed by Helen Lee · Written by Helen Lee

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Sally Lee
Nancy Kwan Suzie Wong (archive footage)
William Holden Robert Lomax (archive footage)

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