The 2025 Amy Wang film Slanted will play in Pittsburgh on November 12, part of this year's Three Rivers Film Festival.
Slanted follows Joan Huang, a Chinese-American teen in the 2010s South, as she battles racism and cultural clashes. As an 8-year-old, she’s bullied for her differences. At 17, obsessed with popularity, she pursues prom queen and undergoes extreme changes, including dyeing her hair and considering racial modification surgery, to achieve a “white” ideal. Her quest alienates her from family and friends, satirizing assimilation and white worship while focusing on her tragicomic struggle for self-worth.
If you loved The Substance and Mean Girls, this one’s for you!
It plays at the Harris Theater in downtown's Cultural District (map), and tickets are available online.