Joy Luck Club producer Janet Yang

February 12
1h 2m

Episode Description

Award winning producer Janet Yang joins Todd to shares how she defied convention. From growing up as the daughter of immigrants in Queens, to introducing classic American films to China, working with Steven Spielberg on Empire of the Sun, forging a lifelong partnership with Oliver Stone, her fight to bring Joy Luck Club to the silver screen, becoming the first Asian American President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and her push to bring more representation and inclusions to the Academy.

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