As we mentioned in her previous work, “Golden Gate Girls”, S. Louisa Wei knows how to pick stories in order to base her documentaries, and “Havana Divas”, a movie that focuses on stage-sisters Caridad Amaran and Georgina Wong, both of Chinese descent, who indulged in the appeals of the Chinese opera in Havana, proves the fact once more.
Carida learned the art by her foster father, Julian Fong, who immigrated to Cuba in the 1920s after his family forbade him to perform opera. Georgina’s father was a famous tailor in Havana Chinatown, who encouraged her to learn kung-fu and the lion dance. The two became inseparable on stage, but eventually they had to split up. Through the 1940s, Caridad toured all over Cuba, performing in cities with Chinese communities as the leading actress of her opera troupe. Georgina quit opera to attend college, but her studies...
Carida learned the art by her foster father, Julian Fong, who immigrated to Cuba in the 1920s after his family forbade him to perform opera. Georgina’s father was a famous tailor in Havana Chinatown, who encouraged her to learn kung-fu and the lion dance. The two became inseparable on stage, but eventually they had to split up. Through the 1940s, Caridad toured all over Cuba, performing in cities with Chinese communities as the leading actress of her opera troupe. Georgina quit opera to attend college, but her studies...
- 3/13/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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