Preservation Roundtable: Big Fight in Little Chinatown

The February 2024 Preservation Roundtable, quarterly membership and public meeting of Preservation Sacramento, will feature a showing of the documentary Big Fight in Little Chinatown. Directed by Karen Cho, the film documents the efforts to preserve historic Chinatowns across North America. The Roundtable will also feature a brief talk about the history and architecture of the Confucius Church building and the surrounding Chinatown block. The film is principally in English, with Chinese subtitles.

About Big Fight in Little Chinatown:

From the film’s website:

Big Fight in Little Chinatown is a story of community resistance and resilience. Set against the backdrop of the COVID pandemic and an unprecedented rise in anti-Asian racism, the documentary takes us into the lives of residents, businesses and community organizers whose neighborhoods are facing active erasure.

Coast to Coast the film follows Chinatown communities resisting the pressures around them. From the construction of the world’s largest vertical jail in New York, Montreal’s fight against developers swallowing up the most historic block of their Chinatown, big box chains and gentrification forces displacing Toronto’s community, to a Vancouver Chinatown business holding steadfast, the film reveals how Chinatown is both a stand-in for other communities who’ve been wiped off the city map, and the blueprint for inclusive and resilient neighborhoods of the future.