Sunday, June 05 03pm to 05:30pm
First Chinese Baptist Church
21 Pell St, New York, New York 10013
On behalf of Pastor Bayer Lee and the First Chinese Baptist Church in Manhattan’s Chinatown, I am pleased to offer a NY premiere of an educational documentary by E Samantha Cheng of Asian Pacific American Legacy located in Washington DC. We are happy to have Samantha join us for the free screening with a Q&A session at the end. Please invite your friends.
About Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta:
“The film tells the story of the early Chinese immigrants to the Mississippi Delta during the 19th century; then it explores how the community steadily grew in the early part of the 20th century, as 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.”
View the fascinating trailer: https://vimeo.com/158699377
Questions? Please contact Shirley at 917-513-7893 or SNL92@yahoo.com
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