She Marches in Chinatown

In 1952, Asian American girls had no extracurricular activities until Ruby Chow created the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, the only one of its kind in the world. Despite gentrification, Title IX, and a globa

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

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A Letter to Chinatown

Ten years after British Born Chinese, the filmmakers return to Daniel He as he prepares to graduate from Oxford and step into adult life. Raised behind the counter of his family’s takeaway in Manchester, Daniel grew up n

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders

Honest cop in corrupt 1940s Los Angeles fights against gangsters who are kidnapping and selling women into prostitution.

Chinatown Cannon 2

Top programmer Lu Xiaopao received a blackmail video of her sister Lu Xiaomei being kidnapped and asked Lu Xiaopao to pay 1 million yuan to redeem her. The younger sister Lu Xiaomei, who was successfully "rescued", and L

Chinatown's Last Emperor

Sydney's Chinatown was once a thriving hub for Cantonese Australians

Chinatown 2-Step

Capturing the all-American fervor of parade competition, CHINATOWN 2-STEP profiles the Los Angeles Chinese Drum and Bugle Corps, an important fixture of the Chinese American community.

Young Thugs: Chinatown Romeo and Juliet

In Memory of The Chinatown

May a building have its own reincarnation? Once upon a time, there's a region of canal's dockyard in the center of Tainan city in Taiwan. Later in 1970s, the canal gradually lost its function and the large residential an

Edmund Soohoo: The Heart of Chinatown

A heartfelt portrait of Edmund Soohoo, a visionary organizer and beloved figure in Los Angeles Chinatown. From co-founding the iconic Firecracker Run to mentoring generations of community leaders, Edmund’s story is told

Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited man holds the other of a Chinese wearing a loose white shirt and hat -

Chinatown: Portrait of a Working Community

Alan Ohashi explores the changing landscape of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Produced during a volatile period in which community re-development initiatives in cities threatened the unique community fabric of various ethnic

Vanishing Seattle: Chinatown-International District - Bush Garden

The first karaoke bar in the country, Bush Garden has been a hub for connection, celebration, and multiracial/multigenerational organizing.

Home Base: a Chinatown Called Heinlenville

Jessica Yu traces the history of Heinlenville Chinatown in San Jose from its destruction by arson in 1887, through the destruction of the Ng Shing Gung temple in 1940 up to the late 1980s, when the Chinese Historical and

5 Lessons and 9 Questions about Chinatown

You live somewhere, walk down the same street 50, 100, 10,000 times, each time taking in fragments, but never fully registering The Place. Years, decades go by and you continue, unseeing, possibly unseen. A building come

i was walking on the streets of chinatown

A film director returns to his hometown to shoot his latest film, only to find it transformed by the relentless passage of time.

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s. Director Axel Schill's documentary explores Alonzo's work on key film

Finding Home in Chinatown: The Kong Yick Buildings

Tells the past and possible futures of two blocks of buildings that form the heart of Chinatown in Seattle. Recounts the history of Chinese immigration to Seattle and the restrictive immigration policies that, for decade

Take a Look: NYC Chinatown Post 9.11

A closer look at one of the most historical neighborhoods near the World Trade Center finds a variety of personalities, viewpoints, and perspectives. Those who live and work in New York City's Chinatown describe how thei

Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May’s Photo Studio

The May’s Photo Studio brings families together: in the past by splicing together family portraits in spite of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and in the present by reconnecting May’s granddaughter with her family’s legacy. T