First Vote (2020)

From deep red to true blue, Asian Americans represent a spectrum of political identifications, and their varied voting habits inform the ongoing dialogue around race, whiteness, and voter suppression in the US. Focusing intently on Chinese American electoral organizing in the key swing states of North Carolina and Ohio from the presidential election of 2016 to the 2018 midterms, director Yi Chen's important examination of the intersection of immigration, voting rights, and racial justice is essential viewing in this important election year.