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UCLA Asian American studies professor Renee Tajima-Peña helped direct the documentary film &quot;Who Killed Vincent Chin?&quot; about the 1982 murder of a Chinese man who was beaten to death by two white men. (Courtesy of Claudio Rocha)

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Q&#038;A: Professor reflects on role of documentaries in guarding civil rights

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A UCLA professor’s documentary turned 30 years old this year, but its plot bears eerie parallels to the hate crimes of today. Renee Tajima-Peña, a professor of Asian American studies, helped direct “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” which documents the murder of Chin, a Chinese man beaten to death by two white autoworkers, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz in Detroit in June 1982 .

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Q&A: Professor reflects on role of documentaries in guarding civil rights

By Olivia Mazzucato

March 12, 2017 8:59 p.m.