The Center on Asian Americans and the Law presents ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail—a documentary about the saga of the Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown, New York. Abacus became the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forced the Sung […]
Screening of YELLOW FACE, A recording of the 2024 Broadway production by Great Performances on PBS We invite you to join us for this special screening and thought-provoking conversation. Agenda 5:30 - 7:40 pm Screening of Film & Panel Discussion 7:40 - 8:30 pm Reception Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang’s comedy from Roundabout Theatre Company stars Daniel […]
When your government takes away your rights as an American citizen and detains you and your family in internment camps without any due process, do you prove your loyalty to the United States by reporting to fight in World War II, or do you resist the draft and challenge the constitutionality of the government’s actions? […]
This 1937 film stars Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn in a thriller about a woman in San Francisco Chinatown trying to avenge her father's murder committed by an illegal-immigrant […]