The Dark History of the Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the law that restricted immigration based explicitly on nationality. In practice, the Act banned entry to anyone who was Chinese.
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Comi uma chinesa
Pedro Anjo tries to talk to the yakuza boss.
The Chinese Gardens
The Chinese Gardens looks at the lost Chinese community in Port Townsend, WA, examining anti-Chinese violence in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800s and drawing connections between past and present race relations in
A Big Chinese Cabbage
The little cat broke a Chinese cabbage while catching grasshoppers in the vegetable garden. Afraid that the father-in-law goat would scold him, he threw the cabbage over the bamboo fence. The little white rabbit passed b
A Chinese Opium Joint
"This is a genuine picture of a Chinaman and a female habitue of his opium joint. The two are lying on a luxurious divan. The Chinaman cooks the pills while the woman smokes them."
Tai Chi: Revitalizing the Body, Mind and Spirit Through an Ancient Chinese Martial Art - A Day at the Spa Collection
This program has been designed as a first step towards discovering the many benefits of Tai Chi, exploring its physical movements and deep-seated philosophy that can improve everyone's quality of life.
King of Chinatown
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Indian Chinese?
A young woman investigates the complex mix of opportunities and challenges connected to her cross-cultural heritage.
Children of the Chinese Circus
Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the gruelling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the world. Children as young as eight have their unformed bodies stretched
The Heathen Chinese and the Sunday School Teachers
A couple of Sunday school teachers invite Chinese laundry workers to their session. In return the Chinese invite them to an opium den, where the devout schoolmarms quickly abandon their morals!
The Woman Who Woke Up Chinese
In 2010, 38-year-old Sarah Colwill's life was changed forever. She was rushed to hospital suffering from what she thought was a severe migraine, but when she woke up her local Plymouth accent had disappeared, leaving her
Chinese Ink
In Chinese Ink, composed from a series of shots taken with an iPhone, Salhab expands questions of location and the act of filmmaking itself. Some images were captured in the moment ‘without quite knowing why’, and others
Chinese Wall
Fernando receives some baffling news which upsets him profusely, but when he shares them with his loved ones, their reactions are not as he expected. An odd debate ensues, affecting everyone involved.
Chinese Trouble
Matthew, an imaginative, unfocused student, has reason to believe the new student in his class is a spy for the Chinese government.
Chinese Checkers
The film takes the sprawling form of a Chinese checkers games, creating a collage of associations evoked by movements and gambles. Through one family, three different Germanys take shape, including their problematic subc
China and the Chinese, No. 2
Part 2, found at the New Zealand Film Archive, zeros in on urban Chinese workers—peddlers, barbers, cooks, street performers, laborers, and rickshaw drivers—and includes scenic views of Hankou and Chongqing from the wate
American-Born Chinese
In a grand and historic moment of becoming American Yankee. an ex Chinese-American students with hybrid identity, presenting the mythical story and role as a legendary Chinatown warrior, building his dynasty in the bigge
San Francisco Chinese Funeral
Part of the funeral procession of Tom Kim Yung, filmed on September 23, 1903.
Laugh Track: The Chinese Connection
After learning that his kung fu master has been murdered, Chen sets out to bring justice to those responsible. Redubbed with an alternate audio track full of jokes and wisecracks, this action movie features the legendary
chinese cabbage flowers in yīngélìshì
A film is made for an accidental discovery of a dried cabbage flower in a book where it writes “thinking and feeling…”. Then through a linguistic practice with the cabbage, this film explores the in-between space of lang