Amid the rise of anti-Asian violence, Chinese home attendants in New York City exposed a home care agency that claims to “stop Asian hate,” yet forces them to work grueling 24-hour workdays that damage their health and families. Documenting the home attendants’ organizing to end the 24-hour workdays, this film challenged the common understanding of racist violence, and put in spotlight those who maintain systemic racism under progressive-sounding banners.

This program was organized in collaboration with the Ain’t I A Woman Campaign and Art Against Displacement. Follow the Ain’t I A Woman Campaign on social media for updates on the fight to end the 24-hour workday: @aiwcampaign

Zishun Ning is a filmmaker and community organizer. His documentaries expose the racism and super-exploitation immigrant workers face, and depict workers’ resilience and determination as they organize to fight back. His works have been shown in major social justice and Asian American film festivals. His most recent film, For Whom the Alarm Sounds, won the Audience Award at the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival.

The Ain’t I A Woman?! Campaign is a national outreach and educational effort led by women workers to demand that those benefiting the most from sweatshop labor are held accountable–whether we work in garment factories, home healthcare, or offices. The AIW Campaign is sponsored by Chinese Staff & Workers’ Association and National Mobilization Against SweatShops, and has provided leadership to women workers in the fight against sweatshop conditions and for control of our lives.

Based in Manhattan’s Chinatown and Lower East Side on unceded Lenape land, Art Against Displacement (AAD) is a collective of artists and cultural workers that seeks to amplify the demands of those whose livelihoods are threatened by predatory development, and to work in solidarity with grassroots organizations toward community-led rezoning. Gentrification is not an inevitable result of urban development; we reject the instrumentalization of cultural workers towards the displacement of long-term residents and businesses.