Carved in Silence

Carved in Silence

Chinese Americans -- History. Chinese -- United States -- History. Immigrants -- United States -- History. China -- Emigration and immigration -- History. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History. Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States -- History.

By means of historic footage plus dramatized reenactments, traces the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, especially the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 which resulted in the detention of Chinese immigrants at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay. Parts filmed at Angel Island State Park.

Lowe, Felicia, prod., dir.

Felicia Lowe Productions

1987

2003.500.3412