A limited television series based on the 1982 murder of Chinese American Vincent Chin is in the works from renowned author and activist Helen Zia.
Untold story: The award-winning writer is set to develop the series to shed light on the history behind the hate crime and the landmark case that sparked the Asian American activism that exists today, the Center for Asian American Media announced last Monday.
Chin was brutally clubbed to death with a baseball bat by two unemployed former autoworkers in Detroit amid a national recession in 1982.
The men were reportedly blaming the Japanese for the struggling U.S. auto industry and vented their anger on the Asian American man.
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Hey, a little live Flock Theatre is better than no live Flock Theatre. The group usually performs often during the summers around here, but COVID limited most of its plays to online this year. Flock did, though, do some performances of Aristophanes’ comedy “The Birds” outdoors at Wilcox Park in Westerly, and it was just what theater fans needed. Kristina Dorsey
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Oliver Chin wrote the popular annual children’s book series “Tales from the Chinese Zodiac,” “Julie Black Belt,” and “Welcome to Monster Isle.” He co-wrote the “Asian Hall of Fame” series with Phil Amara. He lives in San Francisco.
Amara was an editor at Dark Horse Comics, and wrote “The Nevermen,” “The Treehouse Heroes,” and “So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book Artist?” He is an elementary school teacher in Boston.