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'Stealing School' Director Li Dong Talks "Brutal Lack of Empathy" Behind Anti-Asian Attacks

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Movie audiences shouldn't feel bad about falling prey to Asian-American prejudices when viewing Stealing School, a satirical courtroom drama by director Li Dong about a Chinese-Canadian tech prodigy accused of plagiarism a week before her college graduation.

That's exactly what Dong intended with his scathing critique of anti-Asian racism, which has reached a disturbing turning point with recent violent attacks in the wake of the Atlanta-area spa shootings. "This has been a long time coming.

Coronavirus has been here for a year and a bit," Dong tells THR as he points to Asians, including himself in Toronto, getting dirty looks and more recently experiencing physical assaults and hate speech across North America.

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