Author Amy Tan in a still from the documentary feature Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir. The film was made by James Redford, son of cinema legend Robert, who died from cancer before it was finished. Photo: Courtesy of KPJR Films
Chinese-American author Amy Tan on film of her life Unintended Memoir, and The Joy Luck Club movie sequel
- A film about Amy Tan’s life by James Redford, son of cinema legend Robert, was made more poignant by the director’s death from cancer before its completion
- The pain of Redford’s death echoed the sorrow in the author’s own life, whose tragedies, hardships and trauma have shaped her writing
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Author Amy Tan in a still from the documentary feature Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir. The film was made by James Redford, son of cinema legend Robert, who died from cancer before it was finished. Photo: Courtesy of KPJR Films