Chinatown: Immigrants in America

Chinatown: Immigrants in America

Movie 1976-11-01 59m Documentary

Produced by DCTV in response to what its makers saw as distorted media portrayals of New York City’s Chinatown, "Chinatown: Immigrants in America" (1976) offers an unvarnished portrait of an immigrant community confronting poverty, labor exploitation, and cultural displacement. Directed by Jon Alpert and Yoko Maruyama, the film documents restaurant, garment, and service workers enduring low wages and unsafe conditions while struggling to build lives in America.

Status
Released
Released
1976-11-01
Runtime
59m
Studio
Downtown Community Television Center
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Links
IMDb, Letterboxd
Directors
Jon Alpert Yoko Maruyama Keiko Tsuno
Cast
Jon Alpert Jon Alpert Narrator
Lap Wong Lap Wong
Ting Yu Ting Yu
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