Featuring
Karen Cho · 2022 · 1h28m
Coast to coast, the film follows Chinatown communities resisting the pressures around them.
Thursday, Feb. 06, 6:30pm
Big Fight in Little Chinatown
Set against the backdrop of the COVID pandemic and an unprecedented rise in anti-Asian racism, the documentary takes us into the lives of residents, businesses and community organizers whose neighborhoods are facing active erasure. The film follows Chinatown communities resisting the pressures around them. From the construction of the world’s largest vertical jail in New York, to Montreal’s fight against developers swallowing up the most historic block of their Chinatown, the film reveals how Chinatown is both a stand-in for other communities who’ve been wiped off the city map, and the blueprint for inclusive and resilient neighborhoods of the future.
We will be joined by Karen Cho, the director of the film, for a post-screening discussion about the documentary.
