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Who killed Vincent Chin? / by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Choy, Christine.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chin, Vincent, 1955-1982.
- Chin, Vincent.
- Ebens, Ronald.
- Chinese Americans--Civil rights.
- Chinese Americans.
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Hate crimes.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Violent crimes--Michigan--Detroit.
- Violent crimes.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (82 min.).
- Other Title:
- Academic video online premium
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1990.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- This Academy-Award nominated film is a powerful statement about racism in working-class America. It relates the stark facts of Vincent Chin's brutal murder. A 27-year-old Chinese-American, Chin was celebrating his last days of bachelorhood in a Detroit bar. An argument broke out between him and Ron Ebens, a Chrysler Motors foreman. Ebens shouted ethnic insults, the fight moved outside, and before onlookers, Ebens bludgeoned Chin to death with a baseball bat.In the ensuing trial, Ebens was let off with a suspended sentence and a small fine. Outrage filled the Asian-American community to the point where they organized an unprecedented civil rights protest. His bereaved mother, brought up to be self-effacing, successfully led a nationwide crusade for a retrial.This tragic story is interwoven with the whole fabric of timely social concerns. It addresses issues such as the failure of our judicial system to value every citizen's rights equally, the collapse of the automobile industry under pressure from Japanese imports, and the souring of the American dream for the blue collar worker. Widely acclaimed by the press, Who Killed Vincent Chin? is a memorable film for all audiences.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Silver Baton, Dupont Award, Columbia University, 1991
- San Francisco International Film Festival, 1988
- Award Winner, United States Film Festival, 1988
- Best Documentary, Hawaii International Film Festival, 1988
- Academy Award Nomination, 1989
- OCLC:
- 747799173
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