Directed by Christine Choy • 1976 • United States
This raw, gutsy portrait of New York’s Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely depicted, a vibrant community whose young and old join forces to protest police brutality and hostile real estate developers. With bold strokes, it paints an overview of the community and its history, from the early laborers driving spikes into the transcontinental railroad to the garment workers of today. A groundbreaking documentary from maverick filmmaker Christine Choy, FROM SPIKES TO SPINDLES features cinematography by a young Tsui Hark, soon to be a leading light of the Hong Kong New Wave.
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Inside Women Inside
Directed by Christine Choy and Cynthia Maurizio • 1978 • United States
Christine Choy and Cynthia Maurizio offer a rare look at the degradation faced by women in prison, interviewing women who suffer daily within a system that disregards their humanity and neglects their basic needs.
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Bittersweet Survival
Directed by J. T. Takagi and Christine Choy • 1982 • United States
This documentary examines the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees in the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The film begins with a montage of riveting footage depicting the devastating effects of the war. It ...
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Homes Apart: Korea
Directed by J. T. Takagi and Christine Choy • 1991 • United States, South Korea
They speak the same language, share a similar culture, and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in a stalemate in 1953, ten million families were torn apart. By the early nineties, as the rest ...
