| Summary: | Soros Documentary Fund
Filmed over 10 years, “Chinatown Files” charts the effects of the Cold War on Chinese Americans. The film reveals the hidden story of Chinese-American men and women who were hunted down, jailed, and targeted for deportation during the Cold War hysteria of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The interviews with Chinese Americans are interwoven with personal photographs, archival footage taken from Chinese and American propaganda films, old cartoons stereotyping Chinese Americans, and rare home movies of San Francisco and New York Chinatowns, all exploring the prejudice and xenophobia surrounding U.S.-China relations. “Chinatown Files” is a cautionary tale of how nationalist paranoia can quickly lead to racially-motivated violations of civil rights and liberties. It serves as a dramatic and enduring reminder of the fragility of constitutional protections.
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