Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2008, "Gran Torino" became the first major U.S. film to feature Hmong American actors. Among them was Bee Vang, then a ...
It's been more than a decade since Bee Vang starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the 2008 film "Gran Torino." But Vang is speaking out now about the film's role in furthering discrimination. Amid the ...
‘Gran Torino’: Clint Eastwood Co-Star Bee Vang Blames the Film for ‘Mainstreaming Anti-Asian Racism’
Gran Torino follows Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), who is a widow and Korean War veteran. His family alienates him and he’s angry at the world. Walt’s young neighbor, Thao Vang Lor (Vang), tries to steal ...
Actor Bee Vang says he is "haunted" by white audiences laughing at racist jokes said by Eastwood's character. Over 13 years after Clint Eastwood‘s “Gran Torino” opened in theaters and became a box ...
The woefully untalented co-star of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino has resurfaced to do further damage to the popular 2008 drama. Gran Torino “mainstreamed anti-Asian racism,” Bee Vang claims, adding ...
During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, TODAY is sharing the community’s history, pain, joy and what’s next for the AAPI movement. We will be publishing personal essays, stories, videos and ...
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