A young man turned his camera lens onto his SF Chinatown community during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
Totaling more than 20,000 feet of film (10 hours), Harry Chuck's exquisite unreleased footage has captured a divided community's struggles for self-determination. Chinatown Rising is a documentary film about the Asian American Movement from the perspective of the young residents on the front lines of their historic neighborhood in transition. Through publicly challenging the conservative views of their elders, their demonstrations and protests of the 1960s-1980s rattled the once quiet streets during the community's shift in power. Forty-five years later, in intimate interviews these activists recall their roles and experiences in response to the need for social change.
Q&A moderated by Jeff M. Giordano will follow the screening.
$6 all-day parking at St. Mary's Square Garage
A young man turned his camera lens onto his SF Chinatown community during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
Totaling more than 20,000 feet of film (10 hours), Harry Chuck's exquisite unreleased footage has captured a divided community's struggles for self-determination. Chinatown Rising is a documentary film about the Asian American Movement from the perspective of the young residents on the front lines of their historic neighborhood in transition. Through publicly challenging the conservative views of their elders, their demonstrations and protests of the 1960s-1980s rattled the once quiet streets during the community's shift in power. Forty-five years later, in intimate interviews these activists recall their roles and experiences in response to the need for social change.
Q&A moderated by Jeff M. Giordano will follow the screening.
$6 all-day parking at St. Mary's Square Garage
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