[Due
Friday 3/9 for AAS sections 1&3; due Thursday 3/8 for AAS section 4
and ETHS 220 class.]
In
500 words or more answer the following questions while viewing the film:
The
Fall of the I-Hotel [AV
# 82372 – 58 minutes; Director – Curtis Choy]
1. Where
was Manilatown in San Francisco once located? How
large was it at its height? Who
lived there?
2. What
is ‘Urban Renewal’ or ‘redevelopment’? What institutions were involved? How
did redevelopment impact Asian and other poor communities in SF?
3. What
organizations formed to preserve the I-Hotel? How
did they organize? For how
long did they prevent the destruction of the I-Hotel?
4. What
lessons do you think the history of the I-Hotel struggle teaches us today?