| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 17 min.) |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Event |
Originally produced by Valerie Soe in 2012. |
| Summary |
The Chinese Gardens looks at the lost Chinese community in Port Townsend, WA, examining anti-Chinese violence in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800s and drawing connections between past and present race relations in the United States. Through text, brief interviews, and images of the empty spaces of Port Townsend's former Chinatown, the film examines early instances of racism against the Chinese in the U.S., from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 through various lynchings, beatings, and murders. The Chinese Gardens also documents Chinese American resistance to these crimes, illuminating the hidden history of that tumultuous time. |
| Audience |
Higher education. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Racism -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend.
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Chinese -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend -- History -- 19th century.
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Chinese -- Washington (State) -- Port Townsend -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Soe, Valerie.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1123935 Kanopy |
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