The Chinese Gardens
Type
Label
The Chinese Gardens
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Higher education
Main title
The Chinese Gardens
Oclc number
897774766
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by Valerie Soe in 2012
Runtime
17
Summary
The Chinese Gardens looks at the lost Chinese community in Port Townsend, WA, examining anti-Chinese violence in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800s and drawing connections between past and present race relations in the United States. Through text, brief interviews, and images of the empty spaces of Port Townsend's former Chinatown, the film examines early instances of racism against the Chinese in the U.S., from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 through various lynchings, beatings, and murders. The Chinese Gardens also documents Chinese American resistance to these crimes, illuminating the hidden history of that tumultuous time
Technique
live action
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