Gran Torinoís Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity

Bee Vang, of Minneapolis, played the Hmong lead Thao Vang Lor in Clint Eastwood's 2008 Gran Torino. He was sixteen when he shot the film and had no acting training. For 27 days on location in urban Detroit he played before a Hollywood crew opposite an icon of the film industry doing multiple ta...

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Main Author: Louisa Schein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hmong Studies Journal 2010-12-01
Series:Hmong Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/uploads/4/5/8/7/4587788/scheinvanghsj11.pdf