VANISHING CHINATOWN: The World of The May's Photo Studio

NOLA Code:

VNCN 0000H1

Number of Episodes/Length:

1 / 30

Genre:

Documentary

Collections:

Asian Americans

Rights End:

5/31/2024

Producer

Ephemera Pictures LLC

Presenter

KVIE Public Television

TV-G

CC

sIX

Stereo

Year Produced:

2020

Version:

Base

At a time of public outrage over anti-Asian hate crimes, this new documentary shines a light on everyday life in San Francisco’s Chinatown a century ago. Hundreds of photographs, serendipitously rescued from a Chinatown dumpster, chronicle the lives of an immigrant community from an insider's perspective. Through images from the early to mid-1900s, they reveal the artistry of a preeminent photographer of the time, preserving community life from civic parades to small businesses to fantastic Cantonese opera scenes.

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