Christine Choy

Christine Choy

Christine Choy (born 1952) is a Chinese-born American documentary filmmaker. Choy was one of the first major Chinese American woman film makers. One of Choy's most acclaimed films, Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1988) is a multicultural film that was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary.

  • Title: Christine Choy
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Christine Choy Movies

  • 2006
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    Agent Yellow

    Agent Yellow

    1 2006 HD

    Agent Yellow is a powerful indictment of the U.S. government’s systematic prejudice against Chinese-American scientists. The film focuses on...

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  • 2022
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    The Exiles

    The Exiles

    8 2022 HD

    Brash and opinionated, Christine Choy is a documentarian, cinematographer, professor, and quintessential New Yorker whose films and teaching have...

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  • 2016
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    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

    1 2016 HD

    Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Christine Choy undergoes a wild adventure when she illegally—and accidentally—smuggles cigarettes...

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  • 1997
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    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    1 1997 HD

    The film investigates the death of Japanese exchange student Yoshi Hattori, killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 17, 1992.

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  • 1997
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    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    1 1997 HD

    The film investigates the death of Japanese exchange student Yoshi Hattori, killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 17, 1992.

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  • 1972
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    Teach Our Children

    Teach Our Children

    1 1972 HD

    Documentary about the 1971 rebellion at Attica State Prison.

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  • 1987
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    Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    5 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Mississippi Triangle

    Mississippi Triangle

    1 1984 HD

    This is an intimate portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African Americans and Whites live in a complex world of cotton, work,...

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  • 1984
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    Mississippi Triangle

    Mississippi Triangle

    1 1984 HD

    This is an intimate portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African Americans and Whites live in a complex world of cotton, work,...

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  • 1972
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    Teach Our Children

    Teach Our Children

    1 1972 HD

    Documentary about the 1971 rebellion at Attica State Prison.

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  • 1972
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    Teach Our Children

    Teach Our Children

    1 1972 HD

    Documentary about the 1971 rebellion at Attica State Prison.

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  • 1976
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    From Spikes to Spindles

    From Spikes to Spindles

    1 1976 HD

    This raw, gutsy portrait of New York's Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely...

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  • 1984
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    Mississippi Triangle

    Mississippi Triangle

    1 1984 HD

    This is an intimate portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African Americans and Whites live in a complex world of cotton, work,...

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  • 2001
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    Ha Ha Shanghai

    Ha Ha Shanghai

    1 2001 HD

    In 1992 the filmmaker Christine Choy returned to Shanghai for the first time in over thirty years: to track down the title of her family’s...

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  • 2008
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    Long Story Short

    Long Story Short

    1 2008 HD

    Tells the story of Larry and Trudie Long, a popular Asian American nightclub act of the '40s and '50s, told through the eyes of their daughter,...

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  • 2008
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    Long Story Short

    Long Story Short

    1 2008 HD

    Tells the story of Larry and Trudie Long, a popular Asian American nightclub act of the '40s and '50s, told through the eyes of their daughter,...

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  • 1987
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    Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    5 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 2020
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    Our Lady of Loreto

    Our Lady of Loreto

    1 2020 HD

    An experimental documentary portrait of director Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van Meter's grandfather

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  • 1991
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    Homes Apart: Korea

    Homes Apart: Korea

    1 1991 HD

    They speak the same language, share a similar culture and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in 1953, ten million families...

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  • 1997
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    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    1 1997 HD

    The film investigates the death of Japanese exchange student Yoshi Hattori, killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 17, 1992.

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  • 1998
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    In The Name of the Emperor

    In The Name of the Emperor

    1 1998 HD

    A matter-of-fact documentary of the massacre of over 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese in the so-called 'Rape of Nanjing' in 1937. In the...

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  • 1998
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    In The Name of the Emperor

    In The Name of the Emperor

    1 1998 HD

    A matter-of-fact documentary of the massacre of over 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese in the so-called 'Rape of Nanjing' in 1937. In the...

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  • 2009
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    Cinema Korea

    Cinema Korea

    1 2009 HD

    Academy Award-nominated director Christine Choy brings together interviews with actors and directors, archival footage of classic Korean films and...

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  • 1980
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    To Love, Honor and Obey

    To Love, Honor and Obey

    1 1980 HD

    This film explores the social, psychological and cultural factors that contribute to violence against women regardless of ethnicity or economic...

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  • 1990
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    The Best Hotel on Skid Row

    The Best Hotel on Skid Row

    6 1990 HD

    America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there....

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  • 1994
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    Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

    Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

    1 1994 HD

    "Out in Silence" is one of a few films dealing with the HIV and Aids epidemic in the early 90's among the Asian American community. Filmed in New...

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  • 1994
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    Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

    Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

    1 1994 HD

    "Out in Silence" is one of a few films dealing with the HIV and Aids epidemic in the early 90's among the Asian American community. Filmed in New...

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  • 1994
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    Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

    Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

    1 1994 HD

    "Out in Silence" is one of a few films dealing with the HIV and Aids epidemic in the early 90's among the Asian American community. Filmed in New...

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  • 2006
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    Agent Yellow

    Agent Yellow

    1 2006 HD

    Agent Yellow is a powerful indictment of the U.S. government’s systematic prejudice against Chinese-American scientists. The film focuses on...

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  • 2006
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    Agent Yellow

    Agent Yellow

    1 2006 HD

    Agent Yellow is a powerful indictment of the U.S. government’s systematic prejudice against Chinese-American scientists. The film focuses on...

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  • 1985
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    Namibia: Independence Now!

    Namibia: Independence Now!

    1 1985 HD

    A revolutionary political moment is captured firsthand by two independent women filmmakers shooting inside refugee settlements in Zambia and Angola...

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  • 1991
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    Homes Apart: Korea

    Homes Apart: Korea

    1 1991 HD

    They speak the same language, share a similar culture and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in 1953, ten million families...

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  • 1998
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    Electric Shadow

    Electric Shadow

    1 1998 HD

    Peppered with clips from their seminal movies, Christine Choy draws fascinating insights from a who’s who of Asian directors making films in...

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  • 1982
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    Bittersweet Survival

    Bittersweet Survival

    6 1982 HD

    This documentary examines the re-settlement of South-East Asian refugees in the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The film begins...

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  • 1982
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    Bittersweet Survival

    Bittersweet Survival

    6 1982 HD

    This documentary examines the re-settlement of South-East Asian refugees in the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The film begins...

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  • 1991
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    Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families

    Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families

    1 1991 HD

    Documentary by Christine Choy

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  • 2016
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    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

    1 2016 HD

    Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Christine Choy undergoes a wild adventure when she illegally—and accidentally—smuggles cigarettes...

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  • 2023
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    The Balloonist

    The Balloonist

    1 2023 HD

    Meet Brian Boland—the beloved, eccentric hot air balloonist and artist from the rural Upper Valley of Vermont.

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  • 1997
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    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    1 1997 HD

    The film investigates the death of Japanese exchange student Yoshi Hattori, killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 17, 1992.

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  • 1992
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    Monkey King Looks West

    Monkey King Looks West

    1 1992 HD

    This colorful production contrasts the rich heritage of Chinese opera with the day-to-day realities of its emigréperformers in New York's...

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  • 2003
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    Sparrow Village

    Sparrow Village

    1 2003 HD

    In a rural village of southwestern China a bevy of young girls yearn for an education. Their parents are poor and illiterate. It is difficult for...

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  • 1982
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    Bittersweet Survival

    Bittersweet Survival

    6 1982 HD

    This documentary examines the re-settlement of South-East Asian refugees in the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The film begins...

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  • 1993
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    Sa-I-Gu

    Sa-I-Gu

    1 1993 HD

    Sa-I-Gu, literally translated in Korean as April 29, is the day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots or uprising. Three months after the events, the...

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  • 1978
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    Inside Women Inside

    Inside Women Inside

    7 1978 HD

    This film exposes the daily humiliation regularly faced by women in U.S. prisons using firsthand accounts of inmates at the North Carolina...

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  • 2016
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    ReOrienting Africa: The Chinese in Ghana

    ReOrienting Africa: The Chinese in Ghana

    10 2016 HD

    A personal journey by Oscar nominee Christine Choy discovering the impact of Chinese Development in Africa.

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  • 1991
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    Homes Apart: Korea

    Homes Apart: Korea

    1 1991 HD

    They speak the same language, share a similar culture and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in 1953, ten million families...

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  • 1995
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    A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde

    A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde

    1 1995 HD

    The career of iconic and influential poet and writer Audre Lorde is seen up until death.

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  • 1970
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    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

    1 1970 HD

    Looking back over 20 years later at the Los Angeles riots in Koreatown as a result of the Rodney King verdict.

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  • 1970
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    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

    1 1970 HD

    Looking back over 20 years later at the Los Angeles riots in Koreatown as a result of the Rodney King verdict.

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