DocLands Film Festival 2021 presents a conversation with 'Amy Tan Unintended Memoir' film subject, Amy Tan, and producer, Karen Pritzker with California Film Institute Executive Director, Mark Fishkin.

In this rich portrait of celebrated Bay Area writer Amy Tan, the author of 'The Joy Luck Club', now in her 60s, reflects upon both the intimate histories of her family and her own, which alone could fill the pages of several memoirs. With clear eyes and robust detail, Tan recounts the ways her own life growing up in Oakland to immigrant Chinese parents influenced her novels, turning the very specific and unique aspects of her life into universally relatable stories. Fellow authors Isabel Allende ('The House of the Spirits') and Kevin Kwan ('Crazy Rich Asians'), as well as cast members from the 1993 film adaptation of 'The Joy Luck Club' including Rosalind Chao and Tamlyn Tomita, flesh out the otherwise autobiographical tale, offering loving outside perspectives of Tan and her work in this enlightening doc, which marks the final film by fellow Bay Area artist, director James Redford (Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution).

About DOCLANDS
Presented by the California Film Institute, DocLands Documentary Film Festival brings compelling stories and the provocative insights behind them to Marin County, California May 7-16, 2021. Expanding upon the exchange of ideas and inspiration through public screenings, engaged conversations and grassroots networking events, DocLands aims to build an active, involved, fully supportive community around documentary film, dedicated to initiating connections and partnerships that will illuminate and invigorate the business and art of non-fiction filmmakers.

DOCLANDS Sections
Art of Impact engages and sparks action by sharing stories that open our eyes to the global community and its disparate cultures, politics, personal narratives, and biographies.

The Great Outdoors transports us outside to truly appreciate, explore, and ultimately compel us to save and conserve our environment and the wilds of our precious and precarious planet.

WonderLands lifts our spirits through stories of joy, wonder, and possibility.

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