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Asian American Studies Program
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009:
Screening of "VINCENT WHO?" and Q&A with Director Curtis Chin
2 - 4 pm in Hunter West 507
FREE!
In 1982, Vincent
Chin was
murdered in
Detroit by two
white
autoworkers at
the height of
anti-Japanese
sentiments. For
the first time,
Asian Americans
around the
country
galvanized to
form a real
community and
movement. This
documentary,
inspired by a
series of town
halls organized
by Asian Pacific
Americans for
Progress on the
25th anniversary
of the case,
features
interviews with
the key players
at the time, as
well as a whole
new generation
of activists.
"Vincent Who?"
asks how far
Asian Americans
have come since
then and how far
we have yet to
go. Featured
interviews
include: Helen
Zia (lead
activist during
the Chin trial),
Renee Tajima
Pena (director,
"Who Killed
Vincent Chin?"),
Stewart Kwoh
(Executive
Director, Asian
Pacific American
Legal Center),
Lisa Ling
(journalist),
Sumi Pendakur
(Univ. of
Southern
California),
Dale Minami
(civic rights
attorney), Doua
Thor (Executive
Director,
Southeast Asian
Resource Action
Center), and a
group of five
diverse young
APA activists
whose lives were
impacted by
Vincent Chin.
Producer and
co-director
Curtis Chin
(featured in
the
documentary)
is an
award-winning
writer and
producer who
has worked
for ABC,
NBC, Disney
Channel and
more. As a
community
activist, he
co-founded
the Asian
American
Writers
Workshop and
Asian
Pacific
Americans
for
Progress. For more info: www.vincentchin.net
Co-sponsored by AAARI: CUNY Asian American/Asian Research Institute www.aaari.info
ABOUT THE ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
The Asian American Studies Program (AASP) at Hunter College of
the City University of New York provides students with a multidisciplinary
education in Asian diasporas with a focus on
the United States and New York City. Our faculty and students are particularly interested in Asian American community organizing; urban affairs and Asian American immigrant communities in NYC; Asian American performance; Asian American labor and gender; Asian American sociolinguistics; and Asian American poetics and memoir.
The program offers a range of courses to the entire Hunter community, a minor in Asian American Studies, and extra-curricular programs and events. The program contributes to the growing scholarship in the vital field of Asian American Studies and serves as a resource for New York City’s Asian American communities and community-based organizations.
