The Joy Luck Club

<div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b>Introduced by Rachael Z. DeLue, director of the Princeton Humanities Initiative, and Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art in the Department of Art &amp; Archaeology and the Effron Center for the Study of America.</b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Based on Amy Tan’s bestselling novel, THE JOY LUCK CLUB follows four Chinese American women and their immigrant mothers as they navigate love, identity and generational conflict. Through interconnected stories spanning decades and continents, the film reveals how cultural expectations and personal sacrifices shape their relationships. Only the second film since 1961’s </span><em style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Flower Drum Song</em><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> to feature a majority Asian cast telling an Asian American story, THE JOY LUCK CLUB is a poignant exploration of heritage and family bonds. In English, Mandarin and Cantonese w/ subtitles.</span><div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b>This partnered screening is part of the <a href="https://initiative.humanities.princeton.edu/events/re-visioning-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 77, 174); transition: color 0.2s; cursor: pointer !important;">Re-visioning America</a> Film Series, featuring directors who explore what it means to be an American. Co-sponsored by Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University’s Humanities Initiative, Art Against Racism and the Princeton Garden Theatre.</b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: arboria, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></span></div>DramaPT2H19MR2026-09-30USen
Tsai Chin
Kieu Chinh
Lisa Lu
Wayne Wang
Wayne Wang
Ronald Bass
Patrick Markey
Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club"The Joy Luck Club"

Showtimes

September 30, 7:00 pm

Princeton Garden Theatre