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- Co-directed by Li-Shin Yu and Ric Burns, The Chinese Exclusion Act is a deeply American story – about immigration and national identity, civil rights and human justice; about how we define who can be an American, and what being an American means – the film examines the economic, cultural, social, legal, racial and political dimensions of the law; the forces and events that gave rise to it; and the effect it has had, and continues to have, on American culture and identity.
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May 29, 2018 · Watch a preview of 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....
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The Chinese Exclusion Act is a 2017 documentary film about the United States Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Produced by PBS as a "special presentation" for the American Experience documentary program, it explores how the Act's 61-year-long prohibition of Chinese immigrants to the United States had an effect on Chinese communities already living ...
May 28, 2018 · “The Chinese Exclusion Act,” a new PBS documentary, explores the first American law to restrict the immigration of a particular ethnic group and ban it from citizenship.
On May 6th, 1882, on the eve of the greatest wave of immigration in American history, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law a unique piece of federal legislation. Called the Chinese Exclusion Act, it singled out as never before a specific race and nationality for exclusion, making it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for ...
May 29, 2018 · The documentary reveals the groundwork for the anti-Chinese sentiment that began in the 1840s with roots in trade with China, opium imports, the California gold rush, and the railroad to the...
Mar 19, 2017 · The Chinese Exclusion Act: Directed by Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu. With Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei. 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 to become U.S. citizens.
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT is an award-winning PBS documentary by filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu of Steeplechase Films. This film sheds a light on the important connections between the Chinese Exclusion Act and the history of American civil liberties, immigration, and culture.
