This coming
Tuesday, May 29th, at 8pm PBS’s American
Experience series will air The Chinese
Exclusion Act, a new documentary from award-winning filmmakers Ric
Burns and Li-Shin Yu. I had the chance to see an advance screener of the
film, and can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s a vital work that has so much
to tell and teach us about both its specific histories and overarching and
ongoing national issues and narratives.
I highlighted
some of those histories and issues for my most recent Saturday
Evening Post piece. They’re
likely familiar to readers of this blog, but they, like the film, demand our
further attention and engagement.
Hope you get a
chance to watch, and please share your thoughts here if you do!
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. What do you
think?
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