| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 82 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
This Academy-Award nominated film is a powerful statement about racism in working-class America. It relates the stark facts of Vincent Chin's brutal murder. A 27-year-old Chinese-American, Chin was celebrating his last days of bachelorhood in a Detroit bar. An argument broke out between him and Ron Ebens, a Chrysler Motors foreman. Ebens shouted ethnic insults, the fight moved outside, and before onlookers, Ebens bludgeoned Chin to death with a baseball bat. In the ensuing trial, Ebens was let off with a suspended sentence and a small fine. Outrage filled the Asian-American community to the point where they organized an unprecedented civil rights protest. His bereaved mother, brought up to be self-effacing, successfully led a nationwide crusade for a retrial. This tragic story is interwoven with the whole fabric of timely social concerns. It addresses issues such as the failure of our judicial system to value every citizen's rights equally, the collapse of the automobile industry under pressure from Japanese imports, and the souring of the American dream for the blue collar worker. Widely acclaimed by the press, Who Killed Vincent Chin? is a memorable film for all audiences |
| Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987; broadcast as an episode of the second season of the PBS series, POV on July 16, 1989 |
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Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011) |
| Credits |
Interviews, Renee Tajima ; principal cinematography, Christine Choy, Nick Doob, Kyle Kibbe, Al Santana ; editor, Holly Fisher |
| Performer |
Interviewees, Ronald Ebens, Michael Nitz, Lily F. Chin |
| Notes |
In English; closed-captioned in English |
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Hawaii International Film Festival, Best Documentary, 1988 |
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International Documentary Association, IDA Award, 1988 |
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National Film Preservation Board, National Film Registry, 2021 |
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Peabody Awards, Peabody Award, 1990 |
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Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, Silver Baton, 1991 |
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Academy Awards, Best Documentary, Features, Nominated, 1989 |
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Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Nominated, 1989 |
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Online resource; title from title screen (Alexander Street, viewed May 10, 2022) |
| Subject |
Chin, Vincent, 1955-1982
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Ebens, Ronald.
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| SUBJECT |
Chin, Vincent, 1955-1982 fast |
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Ebens, Ronald fast |
| Subject |
Chinese Americans -- Civil rights
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Asian Americans -- Civil rights
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Asian Americans -- Crimes against
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Civil rights -- United States.
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Hate crimes -- Michigan -- Detroit
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Racism -- United States
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Violent crimes -- Michigan -- Detroit
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Asian Americans -- Crimes against
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Asian Americans -- Civil rights
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Chinese Americans -- Civil rights
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Civil rights
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Hate crimes
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Race relations
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Racism
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Violent crimes
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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Michigan -- Detroit
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary
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documentary film.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Nonfiction films
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Internet videos
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Feature films
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Documentary films
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History
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Tajima-Pena, Renee, film producer, interviewer (expression)
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Choy, Christine, film director, director of photography.
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Doob, Nick, director of photography.
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Kibbe, Kyle, director of photography.
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Santana, Alfred J., director of photography.
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Fisher, Holly, 1942- editor of moving image work.
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Ebens, Ronald, interviewee (expression, on-screen participant.
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Nitz, Michael, interviewee (expression), on-screen participant
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Chin, Lily F., interviewee (expression), on-screen participant.
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Film News Now Foundation, production company.
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WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.), production company.
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