George Lee is an 89-year-old blackjack dealer at the 4 Queens Casino in Las Vegas. None of the card players know of this humble man’s astonishing background: a dance prodigy and refugee from Shanghai who became a teenage sensation in George Balanchine’s 1954 premiere of The Nutcracker. George’s story is uniquely American: an immigrant striving to prove himself as an Asian pioneer in ballet and on Broadway, where he was cast by Gene Kelly for the original production of Flower Drum Song. The film reminds us of the extraordinary stories behind the nameless faces all around us.
- Year2023
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereReno Premiere
- RatingG
- Social Media
- DirectorJennifer Lin
- ScreenwriterJennifer Lin
- ProducerJon Funabiki, Jennifer Lin, Cory Lin Stieg
- Executive ProducerHelen Funai Erickson, Grace Lee Baughan, Peter Baughan
- CastGeorge Lee
- EditorRachel Sophia Stewart
- AnimatorJacob Rivkin
George Lee is an 89-year-old blackjack dealer at the 4 Queens Casino in Las Vegas. None of the card players know of this humble man’s astonishing background: a dance prodigy and refugee from Shanghai who became a teenage sensation in George Balanchine’s 1954 premiere of The Nutcracker. George’s story is uniquely American: an immigrant striving to prove himself as an Asian pioneer in ballet and on Broadway, where he was cast by Gene Kelly for the original production of Flower Drum Song. The film reminds us of the extraordinary stories behind the nameless faces all around us.
- Year2023
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereReno Premiere
- RatingG
- Social Media
- DirectorJennifer Lin
- ScreenwriterJennifer Lin
- ProducerJon Funabiki, Jennifer Lin, Cory Lin Stieg
- Executive ProducerHelen Funai Erickson, Grace Lee Baughan, Peter Baughan
- CastGeorge Lee
- EditorRachel Sophia Stewart
- AnimatorJacob Rivkin