A new trailer and poster has been released for Robert Lung‘s upcoming documentary Finding Kukan, which is ready to make its North American debut at Doc NYC next week. The film is an investigation of Li Ling-Ai, the un-credited producer of Kukan, the first American film to win the Oscar for Best Documentary.
As a lover of movies about movies, I’m all over this one. Finding Kukan will be premiering 5:30PM Tuesday, November 15th at Cinepolis. For ticketing and more information, head over to the official DOC NYC website at docnyc.net.
Filmmaker Robin Lung investigates the case of Li Ling-Ai, the un-credited female producer of KUKAN, a landmark color film that revealed the atrocities of World War II China to American audiences. KUKAN has the rare honor of being the first ever American feature documentary to receive an Academy Award® in 1942.
Lost for decades, Lung discovers a badly damaged film print of KUKAN, and pieces together the never before told inspirational tale of the two renegades behind the making of it — Li Ling-Ai and cameraman Rey Scott.
FINDING KUKAN uses rare and unseen archival footage to create an unforgettable portrait of a female filmmaking pioneer, and sheds light on the long history of racial and gender discrimination behind the camera, which continues to reverberate in Hollywood today.
