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The Joy Luck Club : Opening Sequence

June (Ming-Na Wen) recounts an allegory following a woman immigrating from China to the US. She brings a swan with her, intending to gift it to her future American daughter. However, an immigration officer confiscates the swan, and the mother is left with a feather.

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Film Language

graphic match, monologue, monologue, prop, metaphorical, prop, motivated, setup, title sequence, voiceover narration

Diversity in Media Representation

Asian: East Asian, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman

"Opening Sequence" in The Joy Luck Club. Directed by Wayne Wang, Hollywood Pictures, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2324

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