"Chinatown Rising" Virtual Screening & Community Discussion Online
Chinatown Rising Trailer: https://www.chinatownrising.com/trailer
Explore Chinatown with a screening of Chinatown Rising, followed by a discussion with Joshua Chuck, producer and director.
Chinatown Rising is a documentary film about the Asian American Movement from the perspective of the young residents on the front lines of their historic neighborhood in transition.
Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s, a young San Francisco Chinatown resident armed with a 16mm camera and leftover film scraps from a local TV station, turned his lens onto his community. Totaling more than 20,000 feet of film (10 hours), Harry Chuck's exquisite unreleased footage has captured a divided community's struggles for self-determination. Through publicly challenging the conservative views of their elders, their demonstrations and protests of the 1960s–1980s rattled the once quiet streets during the community’s shift in power. Forty-five years later, in intimate interviews these activists recall their roles and experiences in response to the need for social change.
Vimeo links will be provided for screening the film. Zoom will be used for Intros and Community Discussion. Links will be emailed the day of the event.
- Date:
- Thursday, July 7, 2022
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Site:
- Burlingame Public Library, Main
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Adult Discussions