Chinatown: the Hidden Cities of San Francisco

This self-reliant city within a city is not only colorful and exotic but has an amazing history as an immigrant community that has survived racial prejudices, discriminatory legislation, and state taxation, not to mention the great quake of 1906. Combining contemporary and archival footage, poetry and personal recollections, Chinatown brings alive the language, customs, and history of an extraordinarily large collective family in a scant dozen block radius nestled inside San Francisco. Highly recommended. Aud: H, C, P. (N. Plympton)