About the film

BEYOND YELLOWFACE spotlights Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin, two bold dancers of Asian descent who are challenging the dance world to rid ballet of offensive Asian stereotypes, including dancing in yellowface.

They're working to make ballet more inclusive to dancers and choreographers of color.

What’s yellowface? It’s like blackface, and it’s shorthand for the limiting, cringe-worthy, and often offensive portrayals of Asians in the performing arts and popular culture.

Phil and Georgina are asking the ballet world, can’t we do better? Can't we move away from caricatures to characters?

Click on "WATCH NOW" for a sneak peek of this work in progress.

Meet us

We had a lively, engaging Zoom chat on Sept. 14 with Phil Chan, co-founder of the Final Bow for Yellowface movement.

Missed it? No worry. Click on Q&A for our Zoom recording.

Support us

We're getting ready to shift into full production—but we need your help. Please consider making a contribution to support this film.

Go to "Support Us" on this page.

Or if you prefer, you can make a tax deductible donation via our nonprofit fiscal agent, the Center for Independent Documentary.

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And please, spread the word!

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"This documentary gives voice to 'invisible minorities' like Asian Americans, while at the same time underscoring the experience of all dancers of color."—Sarah Wroth, chair of ballet department at Indiana University.

A message from the filmmakers