"Raced" and "Gendered"
In both personal quest documentaries, The Grace Lee Project and Searching for Angela Shelton, the women traveled in search of answers. Grace Lee went in search of finding what’s in a name, and the identity associated with a specific name. Angela Shelton searched for something else. Angela’s “quest� was to meet other Angela Sheltons, and ironically a majority of these other Angelas had suffered abuse as well. Grace Lee and Angela Shelton used “the “road� as a means to connect to other women whom they have similarities. Both women returned home having been changed and expanded their horizons by “the road.� While both women used “the road� to fulfill their “quests,� one difference between the films is that Grace Lee uses The Digital Road to connect and select which women would be in her film. Angela used the telephone, which limited the woman that could and would appear in her film. In regards to how each woman “raced� “the road,� Angela said she was trying to “represent America� through the “half black and half white� women whom appeared in her film. Grace Lee, on the other had “raced� “the road� with “the quest� in search of Asian American Womanhood through the name of Grace Lee. A unique aspect to Grace Lee’s road is the element of a The Diasporic Road. Grace Lee searched for unique other Grace Lees and a majority happened to be children of immigrants, generally from Korea. Both women presented “the road� as female gendered. Grace Lee featured for smart women, but didn’t apply any sexuality to the film through the use of the camera. Angela was quite often the main image in her film. She sexualized herself in the scene where she puts her head out the window of the RV. Both women produced very interesting personal documentaries in which the road was used to connect woman with similarities. “The road� was “gendered“ and “raced� by both women, just with different races.