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Chinatown Files
directed by Amy Chen, 1957-; produced by Amy Chen, 1957- and Ying Chan (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 58 mins
Amy Chen’s acclaimed new documentary The Chinatown Files reveals the hidden story of Chinese-American men and women who were hunted down, jailed, and targeted for deportation during the Cold War hysteria of the 1950’s and l960’s. Their interviews are interwoven with rare home movies, photographs and archival...
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directed by Amy Chen, 1957-; produced by Amy Chen, 1957- and Ying Chan (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 58 mins
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Amy Chen’s acclaimed new documentary The Chinatown Files reveals the hidden story of Chinese-American men and women who were hunted down, jailed, and targeted for deportation during the Cold War hysteria of the 1950’s and l960’s. Their interviews are interwoven with rare home movies, photographs and archival films exploring the prejudice and xenophobia surrounding U.S.-China relations. During the McCarthy era witchhunts, the loyalties of ov...
Amy Chen’s acclaimed new documentary The Chinatown Files reveals the hidden story of Chinese-American men and women who were hunted down, jailed, and targeted for deportation during the Cold War hysteria of the 1950’s and l960’s. Their interviews are interwoven with rare home movies, photographs and archival films exploring the prejudice and xenophobia surrounding U.S.-China relations. During the McCarthy era witchhunts, the loyalties of over ten thousand American citizens of Chinese descent were questioned based on their ethnicity and alleged risk to national security. Henry Chin, a laundry worker and president of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance and the China Daily News, describes how "Chinese immigrants came to America for a better life for themselves and the loved ones they left behind in their impoverished villages." Yet for sending money home, his friends were charged by the U.S. government for trading with the enemy and his life was shattered by constant FBI surveillance and harassment. Other people featured in the film include several members of Mun Ching, the Chinese American Democratic Youth League in San Francisco who were harassed by the FBI. Several agents speak candidly of the FBI objectives in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and New York. The Chinatown Files is a cautionary tale of how nationalist paranoia can quickly lead to racially-motivated violations of civil rights and liberties. It serves as a dramatic and enduring reminder of the fragility of constitutional protections, encouraging viewers to reexamine the democratic promises of the American government and to hold all of society responsible when rights are infringed. College Adult
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amy Chen, 1957-, Ying Chan
Author / Creator
Amy Chen, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Chinese people, Citizenship, Communism, Immigrant populations, McCarthy Era, U.S., 1949-1954, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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J Street: The Art of the Possible
directed by Ben Avishai, fl. 2002 and Ken Winikur, fl. 2002; produced by Ken Winikur, fl. 2002 (London, England: Sideways Film, 2014), 1 hour 10 mins
J Street is a term for one of Washington D.C.’s newest lobbies, a lobby in support of an Israeli two-state solution. This upstart lobby, less than five years old, sees itself as a David to the immensely powerful lobby American Jewish pro-Israel lobby. This feature length documentary tracks the J Street lobby as...
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directed by Ben Avishai, fl. 2002 and Ken Winikur, fl. 2002; produced by Ken Winikur, fl. 2002 (London, England: Sideways Film, 2014), 1 hour 10 mins
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J Street is a term for one of Washington D.C.’s newest lobbies, a lobby in support of an Israeli two-state solution. This upstart lobby, less than five years old, sees itself as a David to the immensely powerful lobby American Jewish pro-Israel lobby. This feature length documentary tracks the J Street lobby as it attempts to change what it means to be pro-Israel in America. We watch as they struggle to influence the Obama administration toward...
J Street is a term for one of Washington D.C.’s newest lobbies, a lobby in support of an Israeli two-state solution. This upstart lobby, less than five years old, sees itself as a David to the immensely powerful lobby American Jewish pro-Israel lobby. This feature length documentary tracks the J Street lobby as it attempts to change what it means to be pro-Israel in America. We watch as they struggle to influence the Obama administration towards taking an active role in negotiating a two-state solution. J Street is shot with the intimacy of cinema verite, and we feel the pulse of this grass-roots organization as they attend high-level strategy meetings and spend long, intense nights working towards their goal. J Street pulls us into this group of passionate lobbyists and their fervent efforts to persuade those in power. This documentary is at once a compelling story about the American political process at work and about the desperate need for Israel to reach a lasting peace.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ken Winikur, fl. 2002
Author / Creator
Ben Avishai, fl. 2002, Ken Winikur, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Sideways Film
Person Discussed
Barack Obama, 1961-
Topic / Theme
Politics, Lobbying, Government, Politicians, Laws and legislation, Conflict management, Israeli people, Jewish Americans, African Americans, Turkish, Armenians
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Copyright © 2014 by Sideways Film
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Léon Blum: For All Mankind
directed by Jean Bodon, 1949-; produced by First Run Features (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2009), 59 mins
This powerful documentary tells the story of Leon Blum - a Jew who served as prime minister of France, and who was a prisoner of the Nazis at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Blum, the first socialist and first Jew to lead France, devoted his life to improving the well-being of workers and was an early champio...
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directed by Jean Bodon, 1949-; produced by First Run Features (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2009), 59 mins
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This powerful documentary tells the story of Leon Blum - a Jew who served as prime minister of France, and who was a prisoner of the Nazis at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Blum, the first socialist and first Jew to lead France, devoted his life to improving the well-being of workers and was an early champion of women's rights. In 1936, while the head of the Popular Front, an alliance of left-wing movements, he became prime minister. In 194...
This powerful documentary tells the story of Leon Blum - a Jew who served as prime minister of France, and who was a prisoner of the Nazis at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Blum, the first socialist and first Jew to lead France, devoted his life to improving the well-being of workers and was an early champion of women's rights. In 1936, while the head of the Popular Front, an alliance of left-wing movements, he became prime minister. In 1940, his socialist views and Jewish heritage placed him in jeopardy, and the Vichy government deported him to Buchenwald until the end of the war. After the war, Blum was welcomed home by the French people and was re-elected prime minister in 1946.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
First Run Features
Author / Creator
Jean Bodon, 1949-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
First Run Features
Person Discussed
Leon Blum, 1872-1950
Topic / Theme
War, Internment camps, Socialism, Heads of state, Jewish people, Politics, Politicians, Social activism and activists, Fascism, World War II, 1939-1945, Holocaust, 1939-1945, War and Violence, World History, African Americans, Sierra Leonean, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of First Run Features.
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Modus Operandi: The German Occupation of Belgium
directed by Hugues Lanneau; produced by Willy Perelsztejn, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011, originally published 2011), 1 hour 38 mins
From 1942 to 1944, 24,916 Jewish men, women and children were deported from Belgium to Auschwitz. Only 1,206 survived.
Modus Operandi raises and systematically answers the question: How did just a handful of Nazis, with the help, voluntary or unwitting, of the Belgian authorities, bring about their destruction? I...
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directed by Hugues Lanneau; produced by Willy Perelsztejn, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011, originally published 2011), 1 hour 38 mins
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From 1942 to 1944, 24,916 Jewish men, women and children were deported from Belgium to Auschwitz. Only 1,206 survived.
Modus Operandi raises and systematically answers the question: How did just a handful of Nazis, with the help, voluntary or unwitting, of the Belgian authorities, bring about their destruction? It covers the sequence of events and different phases that led to the Final Solution.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Willy Perelsztejn, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Hugues Lanneau
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Antisemitism, Arrests, Census, Deportation, Jewish people, Laws and legislation, Military occupation, Military raids, World War II, 1939-1945, Family and Culture, Race and Gender, Religion and Belief Systems, War and Violence, World History, Afghans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Filmakers Library.
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Pilgrimage
directed by Tadashi Nakamura; produced by Tadashi Nakamura (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2006), 23 mins
Two young Japanese Americans set out to find an obscure place called Manzanar in the California desert, in 1969. This was one of ten sites where over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated during World War II. This rediscovery then became a 'pilgrimage' and the first public event in the U.S. that ca...
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directed by Tadashi Nakamura; produced by Tadashi Nakamura (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2006), 23 mins
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Two young Japanese Americans set out to find an obscure place called Manzanar in the California desert, in 1969. This was one of ten sites where over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated during World War II. This rediscovery then became a 'pilgrimage' and the first public event in the U.S. that called attention to the reality of these camps.
With a hip music track, never-before-seen archival footage and a story-telling style tha...
Two young Japanese Americans set out to find an obscure place called Manzanar in the California desert, in 1969. This was one of ten sites where over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated during World War II. This rediscovery then became a 'pilgrimage' and the first public event in the U.S. that called attention to the reality of these camps.
With a hip music track, never-before-seen archival footage and a story-telling style that features both old and new pilgrims, PILGRIMAGE is the first film to show how the WWII camps were reclaimed by the children of its victims and how the Manzanar Pilgrimage now has fresh meaning for diverse generations of people who realize that when the U.S. government herded thousands of innocent Americans into what the government itself called concentration camps, it was failure of democracy that would affect all Americans. As the U.S. is again in tumultuous times, this film is relevant and engaging bringing new and much-needed insight to the lessons of the past for our post-9/11 world.
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Date Written / Recorded
2006
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tadashi Nakamura
Author / Creator
Tadashi Nakamura
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Internment camps, Japanese people, Democracy, Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945, Political and Social Movements, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), African Americans, Italians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 by Center for Asian American Media
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