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May 9th, 2009
Vincent Who? Film Debut in Virginia on May 28
Posted by EugeniaTitle: Film Debut in Virginia: Vincent Who?
Location: Arlington Central Library, 1015 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA
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Description: Film Debut in Virginia: Vincent Who?
Co-Hosted with APAs for Progress
http://www.vincentchin.net/
May 28, 2009
7:00 pm
Arlington Central Library, 1015 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA
METRO: Orange Line – Ballston Station. From Ballston, walk 3 blocks up
Fairfax to Quincy Street and turn left.
Following the Film a Q&A Session will be hosted with Producer Curtis Chin
RSVP or Questions should be directed to: rsvp@ocanova.org
The film Vincent Who? resurrects the meaning of the brutal death of Vincent Chin in Detroit and the ensuing campaign. Inspired by the 25th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s killing, Curtis Chin, himself a Detroit native, begins with the premise that the meaning has been forgotten in the current generation of young Asian Americans. Vincent Chin was a Chinese American draftsman, who two white autoworkers, conflating all Asians with Japanese, beat to death with a baseball bat. When a white judge sentenced the two to probation and a $3,000 fine, his case became a rallying point for the Asian-American community. Nationwide pressure forced the civil rights trial and conviction of Ron Ebens and Michael Nitz. That conviction was eventually overturned.
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