American Experience
Season 2, Episode 14: Forbidden City, USA
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Before WWII, San Francisco's Chinatown was a separate world, closed to outsiders, ruled by rigid homeland customs. But in the 1930s, second generation Chinese Americans defied cultural tradition to pursue their passion for American music and dance. They started careers as "Chinese Fred Astaires" and "Chinese Frank Sinatras" in one of the city's famous Chinatown night clubs, Forbidden City.
All Episodes - Season 2
Episode 1
The Great Air Race of 1924
Episode 2
Demon Rum
Episode 3
A Family Gathering
Episode 4
The Great War: 1918
Episode 5
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
Episode 6
Forever Baseball
Episode 7
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
Episode 8
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
Episode 9
Adam Clayton Powell
Episode 10
Journey to America
Episode 11
Ballad of a Mountain Man
Episode 12
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Episode 13
Orphans of the Storm
Episode 14
Forbidden City, USA
Episode 15
Battle for Wilderness
Episode 16
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad