Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese is an enlightening documentary about the Chinese community in the heart of the Deep South. This film not only highlights the contributions of the Chinese Delta families, but also reveals the immigrant experience in America. This event is the film?s San Diego premiere.
This three-part documentary highlights several generations of the Chinese population in the Mississippi Delta starting from the mid-1800s to the present day. The film tells a story of the early Chinese immigrants to the Mississippi Delta and explores how the community steadily grew in the early part of the 20th century. Chinese families across the Delta opened grocery stores that served both the black and white populations. Subsequently, it reveals how 182 Chinese men from the Delta participated in all aspects of the US war effort in WWII, shows the transformational nature of their participation in the war for the development of the community in the decades immediately after the war, and concludes by documenting the contributions of the Chinese Delta families to the state of Mississippi and beyond as their children became doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and many other types of professionals in the contemporary era.
Special guests, including the Executive Producer, Samantha Chang, will help facilitate the follow-up discussion and Q&A session.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Please RSVP
Saturday, November 19 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
For more information, please call (619) 338-9888
This three-part documentary highlights several generations of the Chinese population in the Mississippi Delta starting from the mid-1800s to the present day. The film tells a story of the early Chinese immigrants to the Mississippi Delta and explores how the community steadily grew in the early part of the 20th century. Chinese families across the Delta opened grocery stores that served both the black and white populations. Subsequently, it reveals how 182 Chinese men from the Delta participated in all aspects of the US war effort in WWII, shows the transformational nature of their participation in the war for the development of the community in the decades immediately after the war, and concludes by documenting the contributions of the Chinese Delta families to the state of Mississippi and beyond as their children became doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and many other types of professionals in the contemporary era.
Special guests, including the Executive Producer, Samantha Chang, will help facilitate the follow-up discussion and Q&A session.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Please RSVP
Saturday, November 19 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
For more information, please call (619) 338-9888
