Fakin' Da Funk is a 1997 comedy film and cable TV hit starring Pam Grier and Dante Basco about a Chinese son adopted by black parents who relocates to South Central Los Angeles. A second story involves Mai-Ling played by Margaret Cho who is an exchange student who, by another twist, gets sent to the wrong 'hood'. The film was written and directed by Tim Chey.
The film was one of the highest-rated movies on USA Networks in 2000 after a brief theatrical run. It also won the director Tim Chey the 'Audience Award' at Urbanworld Film Festival and was in competition at Hampton's Film Festival, San Francisco's Asian Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale's Film Festival, and Pan African Film Festival. The all-star cast of Pam Grier, Ernie Hudson, Margaret Cho, Kelly Hu, Duane Martin, John Witherspoon, Tone Loc, Bo Jackson, Nell Carter, Tatyana Ali and others made the film one of the most successful indies during that year.
Variety reviewed the film as "an energetic, highly likable comedy about the sparks that fly when an adopted Chinese kid and an Asian exchange student find themselves trying to make friends with the boyz in the hood. The abundance of comic moments helps keep writer-director Tim Chey's feel-good message about racial harmony from becoming too earnest."
Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black family, are trying to adapt to their mostly black neighbourhood of South Central. Written by Anonymous
