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  • The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
  • TV-PG
    114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
TV-PG
114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
Directors
Ric Burns (directed by) | Li-Shin Yu (directed by)
Writers
Ric Burns (story by) (telescript by) | Robin Espinola (story by) | Li-Shin Yu (story by)
Producers
Ric Burns (produced by) | Robin Espinola (produced by) | Li-Shin Yu (produced by)
Composer
Brian Keane (music composed by)
Cinematographers
Michael Chin (cinematography by) | Jon Else (cinematography by) | Lincoln Else (cinematography by) | Brian Heller (cinematography by) & 3 more
Editor
Li-Shin Yu (edited by)
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Updated Mar 19, 2017

Release date
Mar 19, 2017 (United States)

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17 cast members
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Hoon Lee
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Mae Ngai
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Jean Pfaelzer
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David Lei
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K. Scott Wong
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Ling-Chi Wang
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Erika Lee
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Kevin Starr
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John Kuo Wei Tchen
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Martin B. Gold
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Renqiu Yu
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Mary Ting Yi Lui
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Joel de la Fuente
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Josh Hamilton
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Yuet-Fung Ho
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Fenton Li
Som Song Bo (voice) Som Song Bo (voice)   See fewer
Russell Wong
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