Who Killed Vincent Chin?
| Who Killed Vincent Chin? | |
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| Directed by | Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña |
| Produced by | Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña[1] |
| Cinematography | Kyle Kibbe |
| Edited by | Holly Fisher |
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| Distributed by | Filmakers Library |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Cantonese |
Who Killed Vincent Chin? is a 1987 American documentary film produced and directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña that recounts the killing of Vincent Chin. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2] It was later broadcast as part of the PBS series POV.[3]
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".[4]
Overview
[edit | edit source]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),[5] two white autoworkers fatally beat Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese engineer, with a baseball bat.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, Silver Baton (1991)[9]
- Hawaii International Film Festival, Best Documentary Award (1988)[10]
- Academy Awards, Best Documentary Feature Nominee (1989)[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Vincent Who?, 2009 documentary about the same case.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Documentary Winners: 1989 Oscars
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Who Killed Vincent Chin? at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? at POV
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? at Filmakers Library
- 1987 films
- 1987 documentary films
- American documentary films
- Documentary films about Asian Americans
- Films about Chinese Americans
- Documentary films about racism in the United States
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s Mandarin-language films
- Documentary films about Detroit
- Documentary films about the automotive industry
- Films set in Detroit
- Culture of Detroit
- United States National Film Registry films
- Chinese-language American films
- 1980s American films
- Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award winners
- Films set in the 1980s
- Films set in 1982
- English-language documentary films
- Cantonese-language American films