First Vote
“Asian American Voters in Battleground States”
2020•59m•Released
Documentary
A soon-to-be first-time voter, the filmmaker’s thought-provoking journey into the Rust Belt and South captures four Asian American voters’ ardent first time grassroots political participation ignited by the 2016 rise of “Chinese Americans for Trump.” FIRST VOTE is a character driven cinema verité style film chronicling the democratic participation of four Asian American voters from 2016 through the 2018 midterm elections.
Director
Yi Chen
Languages
Mandarin, English
Studio
Ford Foundation - Just Films
Production
Company
Ford Foundation - Just Films
Company
Open Society Foundations
Company
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
Company
ITVS
Company
C35 Films
Producer
Yi Chen
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