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Demonstrators protesting the opening of the film Rising Sun in Times Square.

Demonstrators protesting the opening of the film Rising Sun in Times Square. A group of youths stand at a microphone while demonstrators hold signs.

Demonstrators outside of the United Artists Theatres in Times Square protesting the opening of the film Rising Sun. The banner in the center of this photo reads “Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence.”

Demonstrators outside of the Roundabout Theatre in Times Square protesting the opening of the film Rising Sun. One man is holding a drum, while the other holds a sign.

Activists at the protest against the opening of the movie Rising Sun at Times Square's Criterion Theater. CAAAV protestors hold a banner reading: "Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence" and a sign shaped like a tombstone that partially reads: "Hung…

Activist gives a speech at a protest against the opening of the movie Rising Sun at Times Square's Criterion Theater. Speaker wears a suit with a button featuring the crossed-out word "Hate" and is filmed by TV cameras while standing in front of…

Throughout CAAAV’s history, this organization has been highly involved in protesting against anti-Asian violence and unfair representations of Asian individuals. When exploring CAAAV’s newly archived photographs under the “Anti-Asian Violence and…

A crowd marches through Time Square chanting to the beat of a bright red drum. The demonstrators, unfazed by billboards looming overhead, brandish signs and banners of their own. Their destination? A movie theater.

The activists pictured above…

This photographs shows a crowded scene in front of a movie theater. On its marquee, adorned in red block letters, is a title: RISING SUN. On the street, members of CAAAV hold signs as tourists pass by, reading “Japanese men sleeping with white women!…

July 30, 1993: CAAAV summer interns Jonathon Sung Bidol, Ginny Moon, and Julia Wang gather over one-hundred demonstrators outside Times Square’s Criterion Theater to protest Philip Kaufman’s racist film, Rising Sun, on its opening day. “Rising Sun!…