Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Who Killed Vincent Chin?

5.0(3 votes)
1987
1h 27m
Documentary

This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job. It then recounts how that murderer escaped justice in the court system. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.

Production

Film News Now Foundation, The Film Foundation Inc., Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, WTVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Detroit Public TV

Cast

Lily Chin

Lily Chin

Herself

Ronald Ebens

Ronald Ebens

Himself

Michael Nitz

Michael Nitz

Himself

Charles Kaufman

Charles Kaufman

Himself

Helen Zia

Helen Zia

Herself

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