Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority | Dev O’Neill
Kimberlee Bassford; a co-production of Making Waves Films LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with PBS Hawai’i and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), with funding provided by CPB.
Honolulu, HI
In 1965, Patsy Mink became the first Asian American woman and woman of color in Congress. This film looks at Mink’s remarkable political journey, often lonely and tumultuous, as she fought for the most disenfranchised and forgotten in society.
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Independent Television Service (ITVS), San Francisco, California—ITVS is the private, not-for-profit organization created in 1991 to serve as the independent production service that CPB is directed by statute to fund as a re-granting organization, fostering the development of independent producers and production organizations.