Mar 9, 2021
Wei Yuan, a proponent of new ideas in the mid-19th century in the late Qing Dynasty, awakened Chinese people to "open their eyes to see the world". It has been a century and a half so far. If the Tianchao refused to open its eyes in the past, now many people in China have turned a blind eye to the world.
Since modern times, China's interaction with the world is actually dealing with the great powers. The rise and fall of China's national fortune has had a lot to do with Britain, Japan, and the Soviet Union. In the 20th century, Britain declined; in the 21st century, Russia declined; Japan faded out of the center of the world stage. Only the United States has always been in front of a rising China. The Sino-US relationship is so important, and so sensitive and fragile, because there are too many cognitive errors between each other.
The British philosopher Russell once said: "This world is full of magical things, and wait patiently for us to become smart enough to discover." This series of TV films will follow the secret path of American history and culture, light up the candle of knowledge, and illuminate us out of the blind spot. .
The contents of each episode
01. "Walk out of a hundred years of loneliness from the stone wall"
On January 23, 2013, Diebrin and Rose jointly filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Michigan Federal Court, which kicked off a nationwide lawsuit. Michigan’s "Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act" and "Same-Sex Adoption Prohibition Act" were the most serious Challenge. The Supreme Court of the United States has tried and heard four groups of gay rights lawsuits in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. This is the history-changing "Obergfair v. Hodges" case, and the legalization of same-sex marriage is the final word.
02. "The National Shame of Unequal Birth"
The Chinese Exclusion Act is the collective name of the Immigration Act of 1882, the Scott Act of 1888, and the Gilley Act of 1892. Its main purpose is to restrict Chinese immigration, naturalization and other civil rights. The Chinese Office hired a lawyer to apply for habeas corpus for New York Chinese chef Jinde and sued the US government, which turned into a historic judicial battle. The prosecution and defense went straight to the subject, and the core of the case rose to the right to interpret and define the U.S. Constitution—is a person's nationality determined by his "birthplace" or "descent"? The Jinde case has since become the standard of the code, and it has been repeatedly cited in citizenship lawsuits of different ethnicities.
03. "Hair Story and Braid Disturbance"
In 1873, the San Francisco City Council passed the Pig Tail Regulations, stipulating that prisoners in prison must have their braids cut and the length of their hair can only be less than one inch. The Mayor of San Francisco Allward wrote in the case veto: "This shameful bill is a malicious attack on the Chinese residents of San Francisco. The only reason is their alien status and race."
He Anqiu, a Chinese, was forced to enforce the Pig Tail Regulations by prison guards and cut his pigtails. He Anqiu angrily sued the sheriff to the federal court, known in history as the "He Anqiu v. Numan case." The judge challenged: "If the Pig Tail Regulations are not specifically aimed at Chinese men, why not cut off the braids of American female prisoners? Could it be that lice only bite men and not women? They only bite Chinese and not Americans?" The court ruled that the California Assembly and the San Francisco Assembly have no right to enact local laws that violate the U.S. Constitution, and the Pig Tail Regulations will immediately become invalid.
04. "For whom is the country built"
In 1952, labor disputes in the US steel industry became fierce, and the National Iron Works Union planned to launch a general strike. Truman announced his decision to take over important iron factories in various places by Secretary of Commerce Sawyer. This is a typical example of the state's will to control private enterprises. 15 minutes after the announcement of the presidential executive order, the defendant went to federal court. This is the "Youngstown Iron Works v. Sawyer" case. The core of this case is no longer a labor dispute, but has evolved into a duel between public and civil rights in the history of American justice.
The verdict: power has been defeated and law has been victorious. This case has become the standard of the United States Code. Private property is sacred and inviolable. This is an unshakable principle.
05. "Who is the country's natural enemy"
When the state is lying, the truth is guilty; when the system is doing evil, conscience is guilty; everyone kneels to power and standing is guilty. When you gather a number of crimes, you become a natural enemy of the country.
During the Vietnam War, the secret files of "Pentagon Archives" were disclosed by the American media, and the US government threatened to convict the "Spy Act". The New York Times v. United States and the United States v. Ellsberg went hand in hand. The former represents the fourth right outside of legislative, administrative, and judicial rights-freedom of the press; the latter represents the fifth right-civil rights. The two major cases involve both-the "1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution" guarantees freedom of the press clause.
06, "Understand the darkness of night by day"
Rosa was born in the most racially discriminatory area of Alabama. In 1943, Rosa took the bus and violated the "Jim Crow Act" regulations for black people to buy tickets at the front door and board the bus at the back door. In 1955, Rosa met again with the wicked driver James Black. James moved the white seat sign back and ordered the black passengers to move back. Rosa ignored him and was arrested later.
The Women’s Political Association distributed the "Statement to Boycott Montgomery Bus Company for the Unreasonable Arrest of Ms. Rosa Parks by the Montgomery Authorities" to 400,000 blacks in the city, and more than 20 civil rights groups jointly called for the cessation of bus rides. The movement led by the merger of Martin Luther King, shook the nation, and the Federal Court and Supreme Court ultimately ruled that Montgomery bus segregation must be abolished.
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The documentary was jointly produced by the International Cultural Industry Association (USA), Tianyi Media Culture Co., Ltd. and related investment institutions.