Christine Choy

Christine Choy Trailers

The Exiles TrailerLegal Smuggling with Christine Choy TrailerAgent Yellow Trailer

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.

Most Popular Christine Choy Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

Monkey King Looks West Trailer (1992)

10 July 1992

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

Who Killed Vincent Chin? Trailer (1987)

11 March 1987

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 for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job.

Ha Ha Shanghai Trailer (2001)

13 July 2001

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 house that her mother abandoned on leaving China for the U.

Agent Yellow Trailer (2006)

13 July 2006

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

The Best Hotel on Skid Row Trailer (1990)

25 March 1990

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.

Sparrow Village Trailer (2003)

11 July 2003

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

Electric Shadow Trailer (1998)

04 June 1998

Peppered with clips from their seminal movies, Christine Choy draws fascinating insights from a who’s who of Asian directors making films in the 90s, including Wong Kar-Wai, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, Tony Chan, Wayne Wang and John Woo.

Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families Trailer (1991)

07 June 1991

Documentary by Christine Choy

ReOrienting Africa: The Chinese in Ghana Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

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

Namibia: Independence Now! Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

A revolutionary political moment is captured firsthand by two independent women filmmakers shooting inside refugee settlements in Zambia and Angola in 1985.

The Balloonist Trailer (2023)

19 October 2023

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

A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde Trailer (1995)

06 January 1995

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

Cinema Korea Trailer (2009)

10 February 2009

Academy Award-nominated director Christine Choy brings together interviews with actors and directors, archival footage of classic Korean films and accounts of defining historical events to give a fully rounded view of Korean film culture.

Sa-I-Gu Trailer (1993)

10 September 1993

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

Our Lady of Loreto Trailer (2020)

13 April 2020

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

In The Name of the Emperor Trailer (1998)

02 October 1998

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.

Teach Our Children Trailer (1972)

02 January 1972

DocumentaThis film focuses on the historic 1971 Attica prison rebellion in upstate New York. It targets the conditions that caused prisoners to take drastic steps toward securing their basic rights.

Long Story Short Trailer (2008)

02 March 2008

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, actress Jodi Long.

Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy Trailer (2016)

04 October 2016

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

The Exiles Trailer (2022)

21 January 2022

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

Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in America Trailer (1982)

05 May 1982

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

Homes Apart: Korea Trailer (1991)

02 January 1991

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 were torn apart.

From Spikes to Spindles Trailer (1976)

02 January 1976

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

Inside Women Inside Trailer (1978)

31 December 1978

This film exposes the daily humiliation regularly faced by women in U.S. prisons using firsthand accounts of inmates at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women and the Correctional Institute for Women at Riker's Island, New York.

Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

"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.

Mississippi Triangle Trailer (1984)

02 January 1984

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, and racial conflict.

To Love, Honor and Obey Trailer (1980)

11 October 1980

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

The Shot Heard 'Round the World Trailer (1997)

11 July 1997

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