2019, Josh Chuck and Harry Chuck, USA, 112 min

Co-director Harry Chuck in person.

A promise made decades ago is kept at last, when 83-year-old Harry Chuck —lifelong Chinese American activist, youth mentor, and ordained minister—unpacks his treasure trove of photos and 16mm film footage shot in San Francisco’s Chinatown from the ‘60s through the ‘80s. Called “the Holy Grail of Chinatown films,” CHINATOWN RISING (co-directed with Harry’s son Josh) is an astonishing historical record of Chinese American activism, documenting struggles to address issues that ranged from school busing in the ‘60s to a prolonged fight for fair housing in the ‘80s. (BS)