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The Chinese Exclusion Act is a 2017 documentary film about the United States Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Produced by PBS as a "special presentation" for the American Experience documentary program, it explores how the Act's 61-year-long prohibition of Chinese immigrants to the United States had an effect on Chinese communities already living ...
19 mar 2017 · The Chinese Exclusion Act: Directed by Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu. With Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei. The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu
- 2017-03-19
29 mag 2018 · The Chinese Exclusion Act. A Special Presentation of American Experience From the Collection: The Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Experience. Examine the...
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT is an award-winning PBS documentary by filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu of Steeplechase Films. This film sheds a light on the important connections between the Chinese Exclusion Act and the history of American civil liberties, immigration, and culture.
On May 6 th, 1882 – on the eve of the greatest wave of immigration in American history – President Chester A. Arthur signed into law a unique piece of federal legislation, called the Chinese Exclusion Act.
28 mag 2018 · “The Chinese Exclusion Act,” a new PBS documentary, explores the first American law to restrict the immigration of a particular ethnic group and ban it from citizenship.
19 mar 2017 · 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.
