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Who Killed Vincent Chin?

PG-12, 12+
Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Program Introduction

國影電影編號:M2025_04_06

放映規格:DCP

級別:輔12級

片長:84分鐘

發音:英語、華語、粵語

字幕:中英字幕

 

崔明慧 Christine C​HOY、蕾妮田島佩尼亞 Renee TAJIMA-PEÑA | 美國 USA | 1987 | DCP | Color | 84min

 

1988 國際紀錄片協會傑出紀錄片成就獎 Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award, IDA Documentary Awards

1989 奧斯卡金像獎最佳紀錄片提名 Nominated for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards

2021 美國國家電影保護局典藏影片 National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board

 

1982年,美國製造業大裁員,日本成為代罪羔羊,黃面孔皆成遷怒箭靶。在風暴中心底特律,華裔青年陳果仁因酒吧口角,遭白人父子用球棒猛擊頭顱致死。儘管犯行確鑿、兇手認罪,法官卻依過失殺人罪輕判緩刑。難道亞裔的命不是命?怒火延燒全國,掀起空前亞裔民權運動,痛失愛子的陳母亦克服語言障礙,勇敢站出發聲。

 

作為華裔社群歷史的關鍵紀錄,本片縝密編排各方證詞,冷靜挖掘加害/被害者的真實想法,不諱交織矛盾說詞,打造法庭般的多聲道羅生門,不僅勾勒複雜的現實脈絡,更大膽捨棄旁白引導,觀眾宛如扮演法官,親眼審視不同立場交鋒,進而思考片名提問:殺人的豈止是兇手,還有深植在大熔爐神話背後的制度性歧視。

 

A powerful documentary that examines the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American man killed by two white autoworkers amid rising anti-Asian sentiment in Detroit. Through interviews and archival footage, the film explores racial injustice, the failures of the U.S. legal system, and the case's role in the Asian American civil rights movement, offering a poignant reflection on xenophobia and social unrest that continues to resonate today.

 

※ 本片在美國影藝學院電影資料館、電影基金會,及美國華人博物館協力下共同完成修復。修復資金由霍布森/盧卡斯家族基金會提供,並獲導演陶德菲利普斯的額外支持。劇照由美國影藝學院電影資料館提供。

 

Restored by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips. Stills courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.