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Saving Face is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alice Wu, in her feature-length debut. [2] The film focuses on Wilhelmina, a young Chinese American surgeon; her unwed, pregnant mother; and her dancer girlfriend. It was the first Hollywood movie that centered on Chinese Americans since The Joy Luck Club (1993). [3]
Saving face" is an idiom for preserving one's honor or prestige Saving Face may refer to: Saving Face (2004 film) , a 2004 American romantic comedy drama, named in reference to the sociological concept.
Saving Face is a 2012 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film won an Emmy Award and the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject , making its director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan's first Oscar winner.
Experiences of face-saving and face-loss can influence one’s mood and self-esteem. [31] Moreover, people’s moods can be influenced by whether the face of those close to them are saved. [31] Findings also reveal that caring for others through saving face can have a positive impact on one’s interpersonal relationships with others. [31]
Lynn Chen (Chinese: 陳凌; pinyin: chén líng) is a Taiwanese-American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Vivian Shing in the film Saving Face, a role for which she won the "Outstanding Newcomer Award" at the 2006 Asian Excellence Awards. [1]
Hui (traditional Chinese: 會; simplified Chinese: 会; pinyin: huì; Vietnamese: hụi; lit. 'group, association') refers to a group-based rotating saving and credit scheme that is popular among many immigrant and migrant communities throughout the United States [1] and Taiwan. [2]
Ravens with a T-28D Trojan at Long Tieng, Laos, 1970. The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known as The Ravens, were fighter pilots (special operations capable) unit used as forward air controllers (FACs) in a clandestine and covert operation in conjunction with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Laos during America's Vietnam War.
The Vietnamese Wikipedia initially went online in November 2002, with a front page and an article about the Internet Society.The project received little attention and did not begin to receive significant contributions until it was "restarted" in October 2003 [3] and the newer, Unicode-capable MediaWiki software was installed soon after.