Christine Choy Movies
- 1991
Homes Apart: Korea
Homes Apart: Korea01991HD
They speak the same language, share a similar culture and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in 1953, ten million families...
- 1976
From Spikes to Spindles
From Spikes to Spindles01976HD
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...
- 2023
The Balloonist
The Balloonist02023HD
Meet Brian Boland—the beloved, eccentric hot air balloonist and artist from the rural Upper Valley of Vermont.
- 1994
Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence
Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence01994HD
"Out in Silence" is one of a few films dealing with the HIV and Aids epidemic in the early 90's among the Asian American community. Filmed in New...
- 2008
Long Story Short
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Tells the story of Larry and Trudie Long, a popular Asian American nightclub act of the '40s and '50s, told through the eyes of their daughter,...
- 2022
The Exiles
The Exiles82022HD
Brash and opinionated, Christine Choy is a documentarian, cinematographer, professor, and quintessential New Yorker whose films and teaching have...
- 1987
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Who Killed Vincent Chin?51987HD
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...
- 1995
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde01995HD
The career of iconic and influential poet and writer Audre Lorde is seen up until death.
- 1970
Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts
Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts01970HD
Looking back over 20 years later at the Los Angeles riots in Koreatown as a result of the Rodney King verdict.
- 2016
ReOrienting Africa: The Chinese in Ghana
ReOrienting Africa: The Chinese in Ghana102016HD
A personal journey by Oscar nominee Christine Choy discovering the impact of Chinese Development in Africa.
- 2006
Agent Yellow
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Agent Yellow is a powerful indictment of the U.S. government’s systematic prejudice against Chinese-American scientists. The film focuses on...
- 2016
Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy
Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy02016HD
Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Christine Choy undergoes a wild adventure when she illegally—and accidentally—smuggles cigarettes...
- 1990
The Best Hotel on Skid Row
The Best Hotel on Skid Row61990HD
America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there....
- 1998
Electric Shadow
Electric Shadow01998HD
Peppered with clips from their seminal movies, Christine Choy draws fascinating insights from a who’s who of Asian directors making films in...
- 2020
Our Lady of Loreto
Our Lady of Loreto02020HD
An experimental documentary portrait of director Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van Meter's grandfather
- 1998
In The Name of the Emperor
In The Name of the Emperor01998HD
A matter-of-fact documentary of the massacre of over 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese in the so-called 'Rape of Nanjing' in 1937. In the...
- 1982
Bittersweet Survival
Bittersweet Survival61982HD
This documentary examines the re-settlement of South-East Asian refugees in the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The film begins...
- 1993
Sa-I-Gu
Sa-I-Gu01993HD
Sa-I-Gu, literally translated in Korean as April 29, is the day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots or uprising. Three months after the events, the...
- 1972
Teach Our Children
Teach Our Children01972HD
Documentary about the 1971 rebellion at Attica State Prison.
- 1984
Mississippi Triangle
Mississippi Triangle01984HD
This is an intimate portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African Americans and Whites live in a complex world of cotton, work,...