The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
A sweeping chronicle of the entire exclusion era - the latter part of the 1800s, when anti-Chinese agitation led to federal laws targeting Chinese abroad and those already in the country. Go far beyond the legislation with the survival and growth of Chinese American communities in the face of prejudice and outright violence, the “paper” sons and daughters who emigrated despite the seemingly impassable barriers, and the legal challenges that produced some of the most momentous decisions in Supreme Court history.
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Highly Overrated But Still Good
This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.