Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Who Killed Vincent Chin?

87 mins | Crime, Documentary, History | March 11, 1987

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.

Who Killed Vincent Chin?

87 mins | Crime, Documentary, History | March 11, 1987

Who Killed Vincent Chin?
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), The Film Foundation Inc., Film News Now Foundation, Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, WTVS, Detroit Public TV
Original title Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Directors Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Peña
Writers

Cast

Lily Chin

as Herself

Ronald Ebens

as Himself

Michael Nitz

as Himself

Charles Kaufman

as Himself

Helen Zia

as Herself