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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.

Author/Creator:

Choy, Christine

Contributors:

Tajima-Pena, Renee

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English.

Main Work:

Who killed Vincent Chin? [by Choy, C.]

Subjects:

Chin, Vincent, -1982

Ebens, Ronald

Chinese Americans — Civil rights

Civil rights — United States

Hate crimes

Racism — United States

Violent crimes — Michigan — Detroit

United States — Race relations — History — 20th century

1900-1999

Chinese Americans

Civil rights

Racism

Violent crimes

Race relations

United States

Michigan — Detroit

Genres:

Documentary films

Online media

Internet videos

History

General Notes:

Originally released as DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Award Winner, United States Film Festival, 1988
Best Documentary, Hawaii International Film Festival, 1988
San Francisco International Film Festival, 1988
Silver Baton, Dupont Award, Columbia University, 1991

Audience:

For College; Adult audiences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (82 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

747799173

Other Control Numbers:

1785304 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP1652650/avon