- Winner
Peabody Award · (1990) · Winner
- Winner
Hawaii International Film Festival · Best Documentary (1987) · Winner
- Winner
International Documentary Association Award · (1987) · Winner
- Winner
National Film Registry · (2021) · Winner
- Nominee
Academy Award · Best Documentary Feature (1988) · Nominee
- Social impact
Documents Vincent Chin's 1982 murder and the lenient sentencing that followed, widely credited with contributing to the modern Asian American civil rights movement — selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry in 2021
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Renee Tajima-Peña
1958 – Present
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Justice
- Region
- North America
- Heritage
- United StatesJapan
- Featured in
- Activist Cinema
Biography
Renee Tajima-Peña is an American academic and filmmaker whose work focuses on immigrant communities, race, gender and social justice
Selected Filmography
Selected Recognition
- Winner
Peabody Award · (1990) · Winner
- Winner
Hawaii International Film Festival · Best Documentary (1987) · Winner
- Winner
International Documentary Association Award · (1987) · Winner
- Winner
National Film Registry · (2021) · Winner
- Nominee
Academy Award · Best Documentary Feature (1988) · Nominee
- Social impact
Documents the 1982 killing of Vincent Chin, widely credited with contributing to the modern Asian American civil rights movement and greater awareness of anti-Asian hate crimes
