Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat 39 years ago, a galvanizing incident for the modern Asian American civil rights movement but an event that has been lost to history for most outside the community.
No longer. As the nation finally awakens to the violence that Asians continue to face in this country, Chin's story — his killers never served jail time for the slaying — is receiving fresh attention and soon can be experienced in narrative form via Hold Still, Vincent, a feature screenplay penned by Johnny Ngo.
Gemma Chan, A-Major Media and M88 are coming together to produce a table read of the screenplay, a topical companion podcast about Asian American civil rights and the eventual Hold Still, Vincent feature film that they.
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