Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987)

ALL 03/11/1987 (en) Documentary 87 Min
  • Release
    03/11/1987
  • Production
    Film News Now Foundation, The Film Foundation Inc., Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, WTVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Detroit Public TV
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    Who Killed Vincent Chin?
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job. It then recounts how that murderer escaped justice in the court system. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.

  1. Story

  2. Holly Fisher

    Editor



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Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987) 87 Min

ALL 03/11/1987 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 03/11/1987
  • Production
    Film News Now Foundation, The Film Foundation Inc., Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, WTVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Detroit Public TV
  • Original title Who Killed Vincent Chin?
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job. It then recounts how that murderer escaped justice in the court system. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.

  1. Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Peña

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Holly Fisher

    Editor

  4. Renee Tajima-Peña

    Producer