A brief and updated analysis on the murder of Chinese american Vincent Chin on the hands of two white thugs on a clear case of racism due to the anti-Asian sentiment felt by the auto-worker
community due to the Asian market competition against American companies, losing jobs and opportunties. 40 years after his murder and 35 after the release of the Academy Award nominated
documentary "Who Killed Vincent Chin?", the makers of the film detail facts about the making of the movie and the impact both the murder and the film caused on society, which
sparked a great outrage on the Asian community at the time (1980's) due to the light sentence given to the two perpetrators.
For those who haven't seen the documentary, this is quite a good summary of that project which according to the people interviewed here almost haven't got made since the people in charge for dealing with TV specials covering the Detroit area in social terms weren't quite interesting in such a dark story - but thanks to the director and producer's boss, he allowed them to go ahead and deliver their project. They talk about the issues faced while producing it and the challenge of not being an one-dimensional view of the case, which is amazing yet controversial since they talked with one of Chin's attackers and it's a very enraging part on the film. So, you have lots of clips from that great documentary and it'll definitely make you interested in it.
A pity that it's short, I'd like to see a deeper overview on how this case changed American society in viewing the obstacles and dilemas faced by Asian communities and how they progressed for more inclusion, awareness and respect over the decades. Movies like "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" and the whole movement of activists across America helped to shape the current view in bringing a more united society. 8/10.
For those who haven't seen the documentary, this is quite a good summary of that project which according to the people interviewed here almost haven't got made since the people in charge for dealing with TV specials covering the Detroit area in social terms weren't quite interesting in such a dark story - but thanks to the director and producer's boss, he allowed them to go ahead and deliver their project. They talk about the issues faced while producing it and the challenge of not being an one-dimensional view of the case, which is amazing yet controversial since they talked with one of Chin's attackers and it's a very enraging part on the film. So, you have lots of clips from that great documentary and it'll definitely make you interested in it.
A pity that it's short, I'd like to see a deeper overview on how this case changed American society in viewing the obstacles and dilemas faced by Asian communities and how they progressed for more inclusion, awareness and respect over the decades. Movies like "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" and the whole movement of activists across America helped to shape the current view in bringing a more united society. 8/10.