Cuyler Otsuka
The film explores a critical history of this much-beloved Chinese American dish. Rather than assigning the dish in/authenticity, the film does well to trace the historical trends of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian sentiment, American discontent with the rise of Mao Zedong, and immigration patterns in the shaping of this Americanized dish, named after a revered Hunanese general who ironically believed in keeping China and its cultural and gastronomy "Chinese". More so than the obvious question "what is Chinese food", this film rightly asks—what is Chinese America, and what is the role of authenticity in diaspora?
Mutant Macrophage
I watched this on Netflix. It's an okay documentary - nothing special, but not terrible either. Rent, don't buy.