Sewing Woman

{{short description|1983 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Sewing Woman | image = | caption = | director = Arthur Dong | producer = Arthur Dong | writer = Lorraine Dong | narrator = Lisa Lu | starring = | music = | cinematography = Arthur Dong | editing = Arthur Dong | studio = DeepFocus Productions | distributor = Third World Newsreel | released = {{film date|1982|10}} | runtime = 14 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Sewing Woman''''' is a 1982 American short documentary film directed by Arthur Dong about one woman's journey to America, from an arranged marriage in old China to life in San Francisco. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 1984.<ref name=deep>[http://www.deepfocusproductions.com/films/sewing-woman/ "Sewing Woman."] ''www.deepfocusproductions.com.'' Retrieved November 9, 2017.</ref><ref name=focus>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232472/awards "Arthur Dong: Awards."] imdb.com. Retrieved November 9, 2017.</ref><ref name=oscar>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/results "56th Academy Awards: DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject): ''Sewing Woman''-- Arthur Dong, Producer (Nominee)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116163847/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/results |date=November 16, 2016 }} ''www.awardsdatabase.oscars.org.'' Retrieved November 9, 2017.</ref>

==Synopsis== ''Sewing Woman'' is an oral history of the filmmaker's mother, Zem Ping Dong, who immigrated from China and worked in San Francisco's garment industry for over thirty years.<ref name=deep/>

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==External links== *[https://www.deepfocusproductions.com/films/sewing-woman/ ''Sewing Woman''] at DeepFocus Productions *{{IMDb title|id=0086291|title=Sewing Woman}} *[http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=795 ''Sewing Woman''] at Third World Newsreel

Category:1982 films Category:1982 black-and-white films Category:1982 short documentary films Category:Documentary films about Chinese Americans Category:American short documentary films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Arthur Dong Category:Documentary films about immigration to the United States Category:Documentary films about San Francisco Category:Films shot in San Francisco Category:1982 English-language films Category:1982 American films Category:English-language short documentary films Category:Documentary films about women in the United States