Choy spent decades making films about the people American documentary usually reaches last — incarcerated women, Chinatown garment workers, anti-colonial movements — and Who Killed Vincent Chin?, her Oscar-nominated account of the 1982 Detroit killing that galvanized Asian American organizing, is the one everyone knows. The weekend's real argument is the work around it: Inside Women Inside, From Spikes to Spindles, Namibia, Independence Now. If you have only ever seen the Vincent Chin film, this
What to expect
A repertory retrospective in Anthology's East Village theaters, with two or three programs a night and short documentaries paired into double bills. Who Killed Vincent Chin? plays twice across the weekend, so a conflict on one night is recoverable on the other.
Good to know
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? screens twice across the weekend, which gives you a second chance at the marquee title.
- Anthology is at 32 Second Avenue at East 2nd Street; the F to Second Ave and the 6 to Bleecker St are closest.
- Several programs are short-film double bills rather than single features — check what is paired before you pick a night.
- Anthology's houses are small, so popular repertory programs sell out; buy ahead.
- Membership lowers the per-ticket price if you plan to see more than one program.
- The Dreyer Essential Cinema series runs in the same building the same weekend if you want to double up.
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Common questions
When does Who Killed Vincent Chin? screen?
Twice over the weekend — Friday, September 11 at 6:45pm and Sunday, September 13 at 8:30pm.
What else is in the retrospective?
Teach Our Children paired with Inside Women Inside; Namibia, Independence Now with Reorienting Africa; Ha Ha Shanghai; and From Spikes to Spindles with Fei Tien, Goddess in Flight.
Where is Anthology Film Archives?
32 Second Avenue at East 2nd Street in the East Village, Manhattan.
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