Film Screening and Panel Discussion: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Film Screening and Panel Discussion
The Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street, Room 80, Newark, NJ.
Professor Rose Cuison Villazor and Professor Sahar Aziz discussed the historical and contemporary relevance of the “Chinese Exclusion Act” after the screening of the film.
The Chinese Exclusion Act is a documentary film by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu that examines the 1882 law that prevented Chinese workers from coming to America and precluded Chinese nationals in the U.S. from attaining citizenship.
