In observation of National Angel Island Day 2024,- we are hosting a special in-person screening of the 1985 adaptation of Genny Lim's "PAPER ANGELS," on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at the Marina Theater (2149 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94123).

Free admission - RESERVE YOUR SEAT

7pm - Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) welcome, with music by Del Sol Quartet; "Paper Angels" (60 mins) screening from 7:30pm - 8:30pm; Q&A with Genny Lim immediately following the screening.

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About PAPER ANGELS

This television adaptation of Genny Lim's play dramatizes a chapter in the history of the Chinese immigrant experience in America. Set in the early 1900s, the program recounts the experiences of the men and women detained at the immigration station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. The new arrivals express their hopes and anxieties as they try to reconcile their Chinese heritage with their new lives in California.

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GENNY LIM's ground-breaking play PAPER ANGELS was the first Asian American play to air on PBS's American Playhouse on Monday, June 17, 1985 at 9:00 PM.