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First Vote

America’s fastest growing ethnic collective is also one of its least represented. First Vote explores Asian American voter experiences in battle ground states.

Premiere Date

October 19, 2020

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Development

filmmaker Yi Chen
Yi Chen

Producer/Director

Yi Chen is an Asian American filmmaker based in Washington, D.C. Her work has been supported by ITVS, Center for Asian American Media, Southern Documentary Fund, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Her film "Chinatown" aired on PBS station WHUT and won an IndieCapitol Award for Best Documentary Short. Yi was born and grew up in Shanghai, China. She immigrated to the United States after graduating as a first-generation college student. Yi has an MFA in Film and Electronic Media from American University.