'Who Killed Vincent Chin?' and 'Complicit' - Free On-Demand Screenings This Weekend!

'Who Killed Vincent Chin?' and 'Complicit' - Free On-Demand Screenings, Fri-Sun, July 16-18

Live Filmmaker Q&A this Sunday, July 18th (7pm ET)

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Directors Christine Choy (Who Killed Vincent Chin?) and Heather White (Complicit) address the issue of Anti-Asian hate crimes. Moderated by Virginia Rodino of APALA Maryland. Sunday, July 18th at 7:00pm EST. Shortlink: bit.ly/VCPanelWUFF10

Special thanks to APALA - Maryland for sponsoring these events. Hosted by the Workers Unite! Film Festival, co-sponsored by the DC Labor FilmFest, UCLA Labor Center, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Free On-Demand Screenings 7/16-7/18

Unlock Code: VC

Live Filmmaker Q&A Sunday, July 18th (7pm ET)

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. (Directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pena, 1987, 1hr 27m) (Tickets)

NOTE: There is an unlock code for the Who Killed Vincent Chin? screening. Please enter the following to gain access when prompted: VC

COMPLICIT

Free On-Demand Screenings 7/16-7/18

Unlock Code: VC

Live Filmmaker Q&A Sunday, July 18th (7pm ET)

Filmed below the radar in China and sparking a global campaign with the release of its first trailer, Complicit tells the story of Chinese migrant worker Yi Yeting and his effort to eliminate life-threatening benzene from workplaces producing smartphones. (Directed by Heather White and Lynn Zhang, 1hr 29m, 2017). (Tickets)

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Understanding AAPI Hate: Building A Movement of Solidarity and Resistance

Directors Christine Choy (Who Killed Vincent Chin?) and Heather White (Complicit) address the issue of Anti-Asian hate crimes. Moderated by Virginia Rodino of APALA Maryland.
Sunday, July 18th at 7:00pm EST. Shortlink: bit.ly/VCPanelWUFF10

All Listings/Viewings at bit.ly/WatchWUFF10

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