Who Killed Vincent Chin?

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 for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job. It then recounts how that murderer escaped justice in the court system. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.

Director: Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Peña

Cast: Lily Chin, Ronald Ebens, Michael Nitz, Charles Kaufman, Helen Zia

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.