The Chinese Exclusion Act
(DVD)
Contributors
Burns, Ric, television director,
Yu, Li-Shin, television director,
Espinola, Robin, screenwriter,
Lee, Hoon, 1973- narrator.
Wong, Russell, 1963- voice actor.
Yu, Li-Shin, television director,
Espinola, Robin, screenwriter,
Lee, Hoon, 1973- narrator.
Wong, Russell, 1963- voice actor.
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2018].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 160 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 305.895 Chi
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DVD 305.895 Chi
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Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2018].
Language
English
UPC
841887036610, 00841887036610
Notes
General Note
Originally broadcast on television by PBS as a special presentation of the television program American Experience in 2018.
General Note
Widescreen.
General Note
Bonus video: Symbolism of the Chinese Dragon; George Frisbie Hoar; Charles Sing; 2012 Congressional Acknowledgment of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Li-Shin Yu ; music, Brian Keane ; cinematography, Michael Chin, Buddy Squires.
Participants/Performers
Hoon Lee, narrator ; Russel Wong, Fenton Lee, Yuet-Fung Ho, Josh Hamilton, voices.
Description
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Chinese -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century.
Documentary television programs.
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Nonfiction television programs.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century.
Documentary television programs.
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Nonfiction television programs.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.