Denise Khor, a scholar of Asian American cinema, associate professor of Asian American studies, associate director of Asian American studies, and WGSS executive committee member here at Northeastern University, found the 1914 film “The Oath of the Sword,” the oldest Asian American film, in the George Eastman Museum archives. Now, thanks to her restoration work, it’s been added to the National Film Registry.
In a recent Northeastern Global News article, written by Cody Mello-Klein, Professor Khor speaks about the significance of being able to access the “The Oath of the Sword,” when so much of Asian American cinematic history has been erased.
“Most of those films are the kinds of films that have these huge budgets and they have auteur directors at the helm,” Khor said. “To have it be part of the National Film Registry, which is something that acknowledges American film heritage, it just takes my breath away.”
Read more about the film and Prof. Khor’s work in the article here.
