The Chinese Exclusion Act
About The Chinese Exclusion Act
A sweeping chronicle of the entire exclusion era - the latter part of the 1800s, when anti-Chinese agitation led to federal laws targeting Chinese abroad and those already in the country. Go far beyond the legislation with the survival and growth of Chinese American communities in the face of prejudice and outright violence, the “paper” sons and daughters who emigrated despite the seemingly impass…
The Chinese Exclusion Act is a 2017 documentary history film directed by Li-Shin Yu and Ric Burns. At 161 minutes long, it arrived in March 2017.
Hoon Lee plays Narrator. The screenplay is by Ric Burns. It streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel in the United States.