Globe Trekker: Chinatown

Globe Trekker: Chinatown

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 2, 2007

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

Globe Trekker: Chinatown

Production Companies

Pilot Productions

Director

Scott Welsh

Description

In this special edition of Globe Trekker Chinatown, Lavinia Tan, Justine Shapiro and Megan McCormick travel worldwide to explore the magic and mystery of Chinatowns across the globe. Lavinia Tan begins the journey in Malaysia and Singapore where overseas traders led the earliest migrations of Chinese people. The journey continues from there to the United States, where Justine Shapiro visits San Francisco. Megan McCormick explores New York s Lower East Side, home to the largest Chinatown in the Western Hemisphere. After a short trip to London s Soho district, Lavinia Tan ends this journey with a visit to Hong Kong exploring the world famous film industry and the 21st century migration of Chinese back to their homeland.