Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

press release: USA | 1985 | 35mm | 89 min.

Director: Wayne Wang; Cast: Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong

In San Francisco’s Chinatown, a sweet but strong-willed widow and her 30-year-old unmarried daughter both cautiously take the first steps towards change in their lives. Chinese-American director Wang followed-up his indie smash Chan is Missing with this delightful humanistic comedy. “What is remarkable is the way Wang deals with [a] complex set of emotions, in a movie that is essentially a comedy...Wang's camera enters quietly and observes as his characters lead their lives, trying to find a compromise between too much loneliness and too much risk” (Roger Ebert).

From the Archives at UNCSA

Founded in the 1990s, the Moving Image Archives at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem provided a home for thousands of 35mm film prints once kept at dozens of National Film Service depots across the country. Slated for destruction, the prints were rescued and trucked to a state-of-the-art archival facility, providing a foundation for what is now one of the largest 35mm collections in the world. Consisting primarily of titles released in the 1950s to the early 1990s, the holdings include widely distributed Hollywood classics, subtitled releases of foreign-language titles, grindhouse staples, cult movies, and some truly rare oddities. The series of all 35mm prints will include nine feature-length rarities from three continents and a personal appearance from the UNCSA’s senior curator, David Spencer, who will discuss the history of the collection and its holdings.

All Cinematheque screenings are free and open to the public.