The story of Vincent Chin’s 1982 murder, which has been long overlooked in American history, will come to television.Participant, in an exclusive agreement with the Chin Estate and executor Helen Zia, will develop a scripted limited series inspired by Chin’s tragic murder.
The series will be the only authorized telling of the landmark civil rights case following the 1982 murder.In the summer of 1982 the Chinese American engineer was assaulted at a bar and murdered by two white disgruntled autoworkers, who assumed he was of Japanese descent and blamed him for Japan’s success in the automotive world and for stealing their jobs.
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