First Vote
Country/Region:
United States
Release Year: 2020
Release Year: 2020
Story:
FIRST VOTE is a character-driven vérité documentary about four Chinese Americans’ first-time voting and organizing from the 2016 presidential election to the 2018 midterms. The film crafts an insightful look at the power and diversity of the Asian American electorate, the fastest growing eligible voters in the United States, and explores the intersection of immigration, voting rights and racial justice.
Casts & Crews:
Chen Yi
Directors
Runtime:
60
minutes
Language:
English, Chinese
Subtitles:
English
Tags:
American Chinese, election, immigration
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Director‘s Statement:
In Ohio, after casting his first vote for Trump in 2016, a conservative podcaster mobilizes immigrant voters for the Republican Party. In North Carolina, a progressive journalist confronts the recent rise of “Chinese Americans for Trump” after moving to a battleground state from Beijing. A gun-toting first-time candidate courts Tea Party votes and supports voter ID legislation in the South, where a University of North Carolina anti-racism educator believes the North Carolina General Assembly Republicans proposed vote ID amendment on the 2018 ballot is “making it harder for people to vote.”
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Casts & Crews
Chen Yi
Director
Story:
FIRST VOTE is a character-driven vérité documentary about four Chinese Americans’ first-time voting and organizing from the 2016 presidential election to the 2018 midterms. The film crafts an insightful look at the power and diversity of the Asian American electorate, the fastest growing eligible voters in the United States, and explores the intersection of immigration, voting rights and racial justice.
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