- Source: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Who Killed Vincent Chin? is a 1987 American documentary film produced and directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña that recounts the murder of Vincent Chin. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was later broadcast as part of the PBS series POV.
In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Overview
On a summer night in Detroit in 1982 (during a time of anti-Asian sentiment due to Japan being blamed for America's decline in the auto industry), two white autoworkers fatally beat Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese engineer, with a baseball bat. The film tracks the incident from the initial eye-witness accounts through the trial and its repercussions for the families involved, and the American justice system at large. After an outcry from the Asian American community, led by Vincent's mother Lily Chin, the case becomes a civil rights Supreme Court case. The case ends with tried killer Ronald Ebens' being let go with a suspended sentence and a small fine.
Awards
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, Silver Baton (1991)
Hawaii International Film Festival, Best Documentary Award (1988)
Academy Awards, Best Documentary Feature Nominee (1989)
See also
Vincent Who?, 2009 documentary about the same case.
References
External links
Who Killed Vincent Chin? at IMDb
Who Killed Vincent Chin? at POV
Who Killed Vincent Chin? at Filmakers Library
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Christine Choy
- Academy Awards ke-61
- Pembunuhan Vicha Ratanapakdee
- Tiongkok
- Daftar film Amerika tahun 2007
- Sejarah Myanmar
- Who Killed Vincent Chin?
- Killing of Vincent Chin
- Christine Choy
- Ronald Ebens
- Vincent Gigante
- Renee Tajima-Peña
- Vincent Who?
- Lucia Hwong
- Lily Chin
- List of racism-related films
