Mississippi Triangle (1984) 

FEATURE BY CHRISTINE CHOY, WORTH LONG & ALLEN SIEGEL

  • This is an intimate portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African Americans and whites live in a complex world of cotton, labor, and racial conflict. The history of the Chinese community, originally brought to the South to work on cotton plantations after the Civil War, is framed against the harsh realities of civil rights, religion, politics, and class in the South. Rare historical footage and interviews of Delta residents are combined to create this unprecedented document of inter-ethnic relations in the American South.

  • 1984 / 110 mins / USA

    English

    Original Format: 16mm

  • Co Director: Christine Choy

    Co Director: Worth Long

    Co Director: Allen Siegel

    Production Company: Thrid World Newsreel

    Preservation Funder: National Film Preservation Foundation and Women's Film Preservation Fund

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