July 14, 2022
"Who Killed Vincent Chin?"
Screening & Panel
Join us at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, LA, to commemorate 40 years since the murder of Vincent Chin.
DATE AND TIME
Thu, July 14, 2022
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
(doors open at 6PM)
LOCATION
Tateuchi Democracy Forum
111 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
LA casual attire suggested.
Paid parking is available nearby at the Aiso Parking Garage and/or Japanese Village Plaza Parking
*It is important to acknowledge that both the neighborhood we refer to as Little Tokyo as well as the broader city of Los Angeles sits on land that has historically belonged to the indigenous Gabrielino/Tongva people, whose community continues to live on and steward these lands today.
Join us for a special anniversary screening of the groundbreaking 1988 Academy Award®-nominated documentary and POV legacy title, Who Killed Vincent Chin? The film relentlessly probes the 1982 murder of Chinese American Vincent Chin while chronicling Helen Zia and a generation of Asian American activists who came together to demand justice.
A panel discussion about the implications of Chin’s murder on current Asian American issues will follow, featuring a special appearance by filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña along with Karen L. Ishizuka (Chief Curator, JANM) and Paula Williams Madison (CEO, Madison Media Management LLC) and moderated by Anthony Yooshin Kim, Ph.D., Digital Programs Specialist at POV and Communications Researcher at Hate Is A Virus.
Our Panelists
Renee Tajima-Peña
Producer and Director of Who Killed Vincent Chin
Paula Williams Madison
CEO at Madison Media Management LLC
Karen L. Ishizuka
Chief Curator at Japanese American National Museum
This event is a collaboration with the award-winning documentary series POV (www.pbs.org/pov).
PANEL THEMES TO HIGHLIGHT:
Community Organizing against hate crimes
Using the documentary & case as lens to view contemporary issues of justice
Intersections of AAPI & Black communities
EVENT PROGRAM:
6:00 PM
Doors Open
6:30 PM
Program Begins - Screener (90 mins)
& Discussion Panel (30 mins)
8:30 PM
Event Ends
RESOURCES
Vincent Chin 40 Years Later Series
Remembering Lily Chin, a mother’s quest for justice
POV Community Network
Gain access to POV’s award-winning films and digital projects and resources