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From Spikes to Spindles

From Spikes to Spindles

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1976

Runtime

0h 46m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

From Spikes to Spindles

Production Companies

Third World Newsreel

Director

Christine Choy

Description

This raw, gutsy portrait of New York's Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely depicted, a vibrant community whose young and old join forces to protest police brutality and hostile real estate developers. With bold strokes, it paints an overview of the community and its history, from the early laborers driving spikes into the transcontinental railroad to the garment workers of today.