Re:Vision: My Name Ain't Suzie

In My Name Ain't Suzie, Angie Chen offers a powerful rebuke to the colonial imagination of films such as The World of Suzie Wong (1960), bringing post-war Hong Kong to life on her own terms. Shui-Mei (Patricia Ha), a “salt water girl” from the outskirts of the city, finds a way out of poverty in the Red Light district of Wan Chai. Over the years, she rises through the ranks, discovering a world of equal hardship and sisterly camaraderie, where colorful characters abound – among them Jimmy (Anthony Wong, in his debut role), a mixed-race kid looking for his father in the crowd of thirsty American sailors.

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