Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Monday, Oct. 17, at 9 PM

In March 2021, a 21-year-old man murdered eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia. The shooting was a watershed moment in a year of increasing violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). For many, the tragic events became a galvanizing moment, reigniting a sense of collective identity and political engagement within AAPI communities. Now, as violence against AAPI people continues to surge nationwide, a new one-hour documentary chronicles the troubling escalation of hate and spotlights the movement to turn grief and anger into action.

Narrated by Emmy nominated actress Sandra Oh(Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve) with music by Academy and Grammy Award-winning musicianJon Batisteand Grammy nominated musician Cory Wong, RISING AGAINST ASIAN HATE: ONE DAY IN MARCHpays tribute to the lives lost, examines the rise of anti-Asian racism and documents a growing movement to fight back and stop the hate.

RISING AGAINST ASIAN HATEfeatures interviews with Robert Peterson, son of the late Yong Ae Yue, who was killed in the Atlanta spa shootings; community leaders and organizers and politicians including Stacey Abrams (former Georgia State Representative, founder of Fair Fight and Democratic gubernatorial candidate),Rep. Grace Meng(D-NY 6th District), Georgia State Sen. Michelle Au, Georgia State Rep. Bee Nguyen, Georgia State Rep. Samuel Parkand Byung J. “BJay” Pak (former Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney and legislator); among others.