Jung Sai: Chinese American

Series: Storm of Strangers Series

Duration: 29

Year Published: 1975

Creator: National Communications Foundation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Follows a young Chinese-American journalist as she seeks her ethnic origins by traveling through the West Coast Chinese community interviewing Chinese of all ages about the early coolie labor immigrations, the work on the transcontinental railroad and in the mines, and the contributions made by the Chinese to American culture. Juxtaposes the nostalgia of the rusting mineworks and early Chinese settlements with still photos of past Chinese labors and sufferings. Examines the barracks on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay where the Chinese lived as they awaited permission to enter the United States.