Who Killed Vincent Chin?
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Who Killed Vincent Chin? |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Christine Choy Renee Tajima-Peña |
| production | Christine Choy Renee Tajima-Pena |
Who Killed Vincent Chin? ( English for Who Killed Vincent Chin? ) Is an American documentary from 1988. Directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña .
Vincent Chin Murder Case
The film deals with the murder of Vincent Chin, an American of Chinese descent who was attacked and beaten with a baseball bat by Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz in Detroit on June 19, 1982 . The men had previously met in a strip club. There was an argument between Chin, Ebens and Nitz. Chin left the club and the two men followed him. About 20 minutes later there was an escalation in front of a fast food restaurant. Ebens beat Chin with a baseball bat while Nitz held the victim. The 27-year-old draftsman Chin succumbed to his injuries four days later. Ebens and his stepson Nitz both worked in the automotive industry; Nitz had lost his job some time before. The US auto industry was in crisis at the time. The two attackers Chins blamed the competition from Japan and thus the Japanese. Ebens and Nitz, who mistook Chin for Japanese, were arrested and subsequently sentenced to three years probation and a fine of US $ 3,750.
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In the film, the two filmmakers Choy and Taijma-Pena let Chin's mother and Ronald Ebens talk about the murder in June 1982. In doing so, they raise the rhetorical question of who really killed Vincent Chin. The directors ask whether the murder was really just an escalating argument, as Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz always claimed, or whether it was caused by racism .
background
In 2009 another documentary was released dealing with Vincent Chin. In this film called Vincent Who? the director Curtis Chin asks about 80 American youths of Asian descent whether they have ever heard of Vincent Chin.
Awards and nominations
- Academy Awards 1989 : Nomination for " Best Documentary "
- United States Film Festival 1988: Award for "Best Documentation"
- Hawaii International Film Festival 1988: Award for "Best Documentation"
Web links
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Article about the Vincent Chin murder case on asianweek.com
- Filmakers Library ( Memento October 20, 2006 on the Internet Archive ), accessed
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review in the Los Angeles Times , accessed April 24, 2012.