• Source: The Chinese Exclusion Act (film)

The Chinese Exclusion Act is a 2017 documentary film about the United States Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Produced by PBS as a "special presentation" for the American Experience documentary program, it explores how the Act's 61-year-long prohibition of Chinese immigrants to the United States had an effect on Chinese communities already living in the country. Directed by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu, who also served as writer and editor respectively, the film premiered in the 2017 CAAMFest and aired on PBS in the United States on May 29, 2018.




Interviewees


Martin B. Gold, attorney
Erika Lee, historian
David Lei, community advocate
Mary Ting Yi Lui, historian
Mae Ngai, historian
Jean Pfaelzer, historian
Kevin Starr, historian
John Kuo Wei Tchen, historian
Ling-chi Wang, scholar
K. Scott Wong, historian
Renqiu Yu, historian




Production


The documentary began production in 2012.




Critical response


Mike Hale of The New York Times commended The Chinese Exclusion Act for its timeliness and stated that it serves as "a cautionary tale" for immigration in the United States, though he noted that the complex history recounted in the film "takes some focus on the viewer’s part to keep the thread." Hanh Nguyen of IndieWire gave the film a "B+", praising it as "sobering and eye-opening" and singling out its interviewees' enlightening commentary as the film's "real value".




Home media


The Chinese Exclusion Act was released on DVD by PBS on June 19, 2018.




References






External links


PBS official site

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• California
• Homoseksualitas
• The Chinese Exclusion Act (film)
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Magnuson Act
• Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
• Geary Act
• Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States
• Chinese head tax
• Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States
• History of Chinese Americans
• Immigration Act of 1924