Chinatown Files (2002)
Directed by Amy Chen
Sub-Genres - Politics & Government, Race & Ethnicity, Social History |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
Seven Chinese-Americans describe harassment they say they faced during the "Red Scare" era of the 1950s. Supplementing the recollections in director Amy Chen's film are archival film clips and home movies.
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American-dream, Chinese-American, Cold-War, deportation, human-rights, hysteria, immigrant, McCarthyism, nationalism, paranoia, prejudice, xenophobia
