Madame Butterfly (1915) – 26.02.013.IMG_WOM.MaryPickfordMadamButterfly.1915.Getty.517424774
White actress Mary Pickford (right) portrayed the tragic Japanese protagonist Cio-Cio-San in a 1915 silent film adaptation of Madame Butterfly.
The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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