From Spikes to Spindles (1976)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : January 2, 1976

Runtime : 46m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Third World Newsreel

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : police brutality, protest, chinese american, woman director, workers