The Trained Chinese Tongue (1994)

• 71%
• 1994
• Documentary
• Laurie Wen

This documentary explores Chinese-American identity and the myth incorporated in the communal exchanges of food and language. As the filmmaker joins strangers in their cooking, eating, and other everyday rituals, she discovers "instant bonding" through a common immigrant status, despite vast differences in class, geo-political origins, and even language.