Journalist and filmmaker Jennifer Lin will discuss her documentary film in progress, Beyond Yellowface. This film shines a light on the persistence of anti-Asian stereotypes in ballet and explores current advocacy work to make ballet more inclusive. Jennifer will discuss themes of race, ethnicity, and representation in the United States, and will reflect on her process of putting this film together.
A veteran journalist and former foreign correspondent in China, Jennifer Lin created the documentary Beethoven in Beijing, as well as a companion book on the Philadelphia Orchestra's China legacy (Temple U. Press, 2022). Lin worked as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer with postings as a correspondent in New York, Washington and Beijing. She's the author of three books, including a family memoir, Shanghai Faithful.
For more information on Beyond Yellowface, go to the project website: https://www.beyondyellowface.com.
This event is co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute, the Institute for Chinese Studies at the East Asian Studies Center (ICS) and the Department of Dance.
Free and open to the public. The nearest public parking is the Arps garage, 1950 College Rd N, or the Tuttle garage, 2050 Tuttle Park Place.
For more information, email ethnicstudies@osu.edu.
Free and Open to the Public
If you require an accommodation, such as live captioning, to participate in this event, please contact EASC at easc@osu.edu. Requests made at least two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
This event is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.
