Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

A history of Asian representation on the Hollywood screen.

June Hayward, an unsuccessful young author, finds herself the only witness to the death of her former classmate and casual friend, Athena Liu, a Chinese-American author who is an industry darling. She decides to position herself as the best friend of the author and begins to edit and re-write Athena's latest unpublished manuscript.