Christine Choy, who made documentary on racist killing of Vincent Chin, dies at 73
Written by stingfm on December 13, 2025
Christine Choy, a trailblazer for Asian-Americans in independent film and whose documentary on the fatal beating of Vincent Chin was nominated for an Academy Award, has died. She was 73.
Choy died on Sunday, according to a statement from JT Takagi, executive director of Third World Newsreel, a filmmaking collective Choy helped establish in the 1970s. No cause of death was given.
“She was a prolific filmmaker who made significant films that helped form our Asian-American and American film…
Choy died on Sunday, according to a statement from JT Takagi, executive director of Third World Newsreel, a filmmaking collective Choy helped establish in the 1970s. No cause of death was given.
“She was a prolific filmmaker who made significant films that helped form our Asian-American and American film…
