The Women's Studies Department at Wellesley College celebrates its own 25th anniversary in conjunction with the Davis Museum's presentation Feminist Art: Global Feminisms. Through sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, video, installation and performance, Global Feminisms explores feminist art at the turn of the new millennium.

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Filmmaker/producer/biographer Elaine Mae Woo will debut her much anticipated biographical documentary of  historic Asian American film star, Anna May Wong: "Anna May Wong: Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times, and Legend" (50 minutes). Note: This film is narrated by another historic film star in Asian/American cinema, Nancy Kwan.

Born in Los Angeles in 1905, the daughter of a laundryman,
Anna May Wong defined the role of the "Dragon Lady," and
defied cultural and legal barriers to achieve success in silent
and talking pictures. She was the first Asian American
woman to reach international stardom and no other
American actress of Asian descent has yet to rival her
acclaim. Her film career began during the silent era and
includes such landmark works as one of the earliest
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation films, "The Toll of the
Sea" (1922), Douglas Fairbank's infamous "The Thief of
Bagdad" (1924), and E.A. Dupont's "Piccadilly" (1929). Her
extensive body of film work also includes Joseph Von
Sternberg's "Shanghai Express" (1932) and starring with
Lana Turner in "Portrait in Black" (1960).

In spite of Wong's extensive and compelling historical role in
Hollywood and international film (she made over 50 films in
total), the significance of her legacy has only been of recent
interest to scholars. As such, Elaine Mae Woo's biographical
documentary represents a stunning intervention and
excavation of Wong's life and career.