Christine Choy Movies

  • 1997
    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    The Shot Heard 'Round the World

    8.51997HD

    The film investigates the death of Japanese exchange student Yoshi Hattori, killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 17, 1992.

    The Shot Heard 'Round the World
  • 1970
    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

    01970HD

    Looking back over 20 years later at the Los Angeles riots in Koreatown as a result of the Rodney King verdict.

    Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts
  • 2016
    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

    02016HD

    Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Christine Choy undergoes a wild adventure when she illegally—and accidentally—smuggles cigarettes...

    Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy
  • 1991
    Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families

    Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families

    Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families

    01991HD

    Documentary by Christine Choy

    Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families
  • 1992
    Monkey King Looks West

    Monkey King Looks West

    Monkey King Looks West

    01992HD

    This colorful production contrasts the rich heritage of Chinese opera with the day-to-day realities of its emigréperformers in New York's...

    Monkey King Looks West
  • 1980
    To Love, Honor and Obey

    To Love, Honor and Obey

    To Love, Honor and Obey

    01980HD

    This film explores the social, psychological and cultural factors that contribute to violence against women regardless of ethnicity or economic...

    To Love, Honor and Obey
  • 1998
    In The Name of the Emperor

    In The Name of the Emperor

    In The Name of the Emperor

    9.51998HD

    A matter-of-fact documentary of the massacre of over 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese in the so-called 'Rape of Nanjing' in 1937. In the...

    In The Name of the Emperor
  • 2001
    Ha Ha Shanghai

    Ha Ha Shanghai

    Ha Ha Shanghai

    72001HD

    In 1992 the filmmaker Christine Choy returned to Shanghai for the first time in over thirty years: to track down the title of her family’s...

    Ha Ha Shanghai
  • 1998
    Electric Shadow

    Electric Shadow

    Electric Shadow

    01998HD

    Peppered with clips from their seminal movies, Christine Choy draws fascinating insights from a who’s who of Asian directors making films in...

    Electric Shadow
  • 1978
    Inside Women Inside

    Inside Women Inside

    Inside Women Inside

    71978HD

    This film exposes the daily humiliation regularly faced by women in U.S. prisons using firsthand accounts of inmates at the North Carolina...

    Inside Women Inside
  • 2003
    Sparrow Village

    Sparrow Village

    Sparrow Village

    02003HD

    In a rural village of southwestern China a bevy of young girls yearn for an education. Their parents are poor and illiterate. It is difficult for...

    Sparrow Village