Has Asian representation in film improved with ‘Everything, Everywhere, All At Once’?

Six people in formalwear stand pose for a photo together, holding six awards statues. — TOPSHOT - Actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, and cast pose with the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City, California, on February 26, 2023.

A woman smiles as she stands on the shaded porch of a house.

Jenny Ferm is an intern for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.

March 10, 2023

Updated August 07, 2023

It's been five years since "Crazy Rich Asians" featuring an all-Asian cast broke global box office records. Its debut kicked off the so-called "Asian August" in 2018, with the release of films like Netflix’s "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" highlighting the work of Asian American and Asian artists, and with that a promise of more opportunities. Now, the movie "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once" is breaking records, and thrusting veteran and new Asian actors into a rarified spotlight. Is this the long hoped-for payoff?

GUESTS

Jenny Korn, founder and coordinator of the Race, Tech, and Media Working Group at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

Elena Creef, professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. She specializes in Asian American visual history in photography, film and pop culture.