First Vote
A soon-to-be first-time voter, the filmmaker’s thought-provoking journey into the Rust Belt and South captures four Asian American voters’ ardent first time grassroots political participation ignited by the 2016 rise of “Chinese Americans for Trump.” FIRST VOTE is a character driven cinema verité style film chronicling the democratic participation of four Asian American voters from 2016 through the 2018 midterm elections.
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First Vote
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Status
Released
Release Date
May 5, 2020
Runtime
0h 59m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
First Vote
Production Companies
Ford Foundation - Just Films, Open Society Foundations, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), ITVS, C35 Films
Director
Yi Chen
Description
A soon-to-be first-time voter, the filmmaker’s thought-provoking journey into the Rust Belt and South captures four Asian American voters’ ardent first time grassroots political participation ignited by the 2016 rise of “Chinese Americans for Trump.” FIRST VOTE is a character driven cinema verité style film chronicling the democratic participation of four Asian American voters from 2016 through the 2018 midterm elections.
