The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
114 min
A sweeping chronicle of the entire exclusion era - the latter part of the 1800s, when anti-Chinese agitation led to federal laws targeting Chinese abroad and those already in the country. Go far beyond the legislation with the survival and growth of Chinese American communities in the face of prejudice and outright violence, the “paper” sons and daughters who emigrated despite the seemingly impassable barriers, and the legal challenges that produced some of the most momentous decisions in Supreme Court history.
- Release date
- March 19, 2017
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Trailer
Cast
- Hoon Lee as Self - Narrator
- Mae Ngai as Self - Historian
- Jean Pfaelzer as Self - Historian
- David Lei as Self - Community Advocate
- K. Scott Wong as Self - Historian
- Ling-Chi Wang as Self - Scholar
- Erika Lee as Self - Historian
- Kevin Starr as Self - Historian
- John Kuo Wei Tchen as Self - Historian
- Martin B. Gold as Self - Attorney
Crew
- Ric Burns · Director
- Li-Shin Yu · Director
- Ric Burns · Writer
- Robin Espinola · Writer
- Li-Shin Yu · Writer
- Ric Burns · Producer
- Robin Espinola · Producer
- Li-Shin Yu · Producer
- Brian Keane · Composer
- Michael Chin · Cinematographer
- Jon Else · Cinematographer
- Lincoln Else · Cinematographer
- Brian Heller · Cinematographer
- Li-Shin Yu · Editor