Who killed Vincent Chin? / a film by Christine Choy & Renee Tajima ; producer, Renee Tajima ; director, Christine Choy ; a production of Film News Now Foundation & WTVS/Detroit.
A film about the circumstances and aftermath of the baseball bat murder of 27-year-old Vincent Chin outside a Detroit bar in 1982. Outraged at the suspended sentence given to Ron Ebens and Michael Nitz, convicted in Chin's death, the Asian-American community organized an unprecedented civil rights...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Filmakers Library Inc.,
[2009?], ©1988.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color w/ black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
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A film about the circumstances and aftermath of the baseball bat murder of 27-year-old Vincent Chin outside a Detroit bar in 1982. Outraged at the suspended sentence given to Ron Ebens and Michael Nitz, convicted in Chin's death, the Asian-American community organized an unprecedented civil rights protest to successfully bring Ebens and Nitz up for retrial. This film explores issues of racism and the loss of blue-collar jobs. |
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Note: | Videorecording. |
Call Number: | VIDEO W Video W |
Credits: | Edited by Holly Fisher. |
System Details: | DVD. |
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Persons interviewed: Lily B. Chin, Ronald Ebens, Michael Nitz, et. al. |