Meet & Greet: Jeffrey Gee Chin

Sunday, April 27th at 1:15pm~
At L.A. Times Festival of Books Kinokuniya Booth 84

Meet award-winning filmmaker and publisher, Jeffrey Gee Chin, at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Kinokuniya Booth #84 on Sunday, 4/27 at 1:15pm! He will be signing his award-winning publication, A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954), with the new Second Edition!

Jeffrey is best known for his award-winning short film, Lil Tokyo Reporter, which won over 21 awards, and most recently directed the launch of Kpop band BLACKPINK's Born Pink album!

About the book

Photo by: Nate Fong

A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954) is an illustrated biography and detailed look into the life of Japanese American civil rights leader Sei Fujii, known for overturning the California Alien Land Law in 1952 and founding the Japanese American newspaper Kashu Mainichi (California Daily News). His complex history reveals his intriguing journey as an immigrant, a social justice activist, unionizer, and a community leader. Fujii’s story exemplifies the multitude of ways Americans have and may continue to fight for our civil rights.