Kip Fulbeck's landmark video, Banana Split, defined the genre of
multiracial exploration in contemporary video, and designated him one
of the premiere artists exploring Hapa and multiracial identity. Completed
while Fulbeck was still in graduate school, Banana Split screened throughout
the U.S. and abroad, and is still used in hundreds of classes today. Fulbeckšs
brilliant storytelling takes the viewer from childhood fights to adult
dilemmas, questions interracial dating patterns and media depictions of
Asian men, and explores the idea of ethnic identity in a country which
ignores multiraciality.
Quicktime Movie (1.4 Mg)
- 1st Place Video: 1991 Red River International Film & Video
Festival
Best Local Filmmaker: 1993 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Outstanding Student Experimental Award: 1991 Brooklyn Arts Council
Certificate of Achievement: 1991 North Carolina International Film & Video Festival
"... touches the raw nerves of Amerasian sensibility -- the desire
to embrace, yet question every cultural icon."
- Chiori Santiago, Oakland Tribune
"Gutsy, nasty, scary, funny ... the odyssey of a young Chinese American
man navigating through the crazy racial landscape of today's America."
- Eleanor Antin, Artist and Filmmaker
"... a classic of the video essay genre."
- Bob Nakamura, Filmmaker
Running Time: 37:30 mins
Color/Black & White, NTSC
Written, Produced & Directed by Kip Fulbeck
Š1991 Seaweed Productions
Distributed by Video Data Bank (312)345-3550
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