“Immigration and the Los Angeles Experience in Shanghai Girls” Author Lisa See will discuss the local Los Angeles history explored in her bestselling novel Shanghai Girls October 29, 2009

Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation will host a Community Conversation entitled “Immigration and the Los Angeles Experience in Shanghai Girls” with best-selling author Lisa See. Shanghai Girls (2009) follows the story of two sisters through 1930s Shanghai, Angel Island, and Los Angeles Chinatown. The event is held in partnership with the Chinese American Museum and will take place at the museum in the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, the site of the original Chinatown in Los Angeles. Following the talk and book-signing, participants will have an opportunity to view “Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection,” an exhibition of movie memorabilia collected during the ten-year research for Arthur Dong’s documentary on the Chinese in American feature films. In addition, Shanghai Girls will be available for purchase and Lisa See will be signing copies following the event. Light refreshments will also be served.

The event is the ninth in Facing History’s Community Conversations series in Los Angeles, sponsored by The Allstate Foundation, which brings prominent authors, filmmakers and policy leaders into communities to discuss topics of civic participation, individual and collective responsibility and diversity.

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