Young Demonstrator Protests Film Debut of Rising Sun

Title

Young Demonstrator Protests Film Debut of Rising Sun

Description

A young protestor is pictured holding a printout of the movie poster for Rising Sun in the right hand while the left hand is making a thumbs down. There are more demonstrators behind the young person, some holding signs, and a cameraman can be seen as well.

This photograph takes place on July 30, 1993 in Times Square. Demonstrators were protesting the film debut of Rising Sun, a film made highly controversial due to its xenophobic and racist portrayal of Asians, especially Japanese men who were depicted as “venal and sexually deviant foreigners bent on taking over American institutions" [1].

1. “Rising Sun! Raising Hate!”. CAAAV Voice, Vol 5, no. 2 (Fall 1993): Newsletter of the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence.

Date

July 30, 1993

Contributor

Digitized by: Frank Chiang and Van Anh Tran
Catalogued by: Sam Marsh

Rights

Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.

Format

Photograph

Identifier

Photo073

Files

Photo073.jpg

Citation

“Young Demonstrator Protests Film Debut of Rising Sun,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed December 5, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2491.

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