The SIX
When RMS Titanic sank on a cold night in 1912, barely 700 people escaped with their lives. Among them were six Chinese men. Arriving in New York with the other survivors, the six were met not with compassion, but suspicion and slander. Less than 24 hours later, they were expelled from the country, soon forgotten, and lost beneath the waves of time.
What became of them? The answer is the story of so many like them, who travel thousands of miles from their homes in search of better lives, only to be met by hostility, hysteria, and walls at the border. The Six is an extraordinary story of survival and dignity in the face of racism and anti-immigrant policy that still reverberates today.
Q&A GUESTS
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CAST: STEVEN SCHWANKERT
Steven Schwankert is the co-creator and lead researcher on The Six, a book and documentary film project revealing the story of the Chinese passengers on board RMS Titanic. An explorer and maritime historian based in Beijing, in 2006 he discovered the unknown fate of Royal Navy submarine HMS Poseidon, which became both the film “The Poseidon Project” and the book Poseidon: China’s Secret Salvage of Britain’s Lost Submarine. Other explorations include the Underwater Great Wall of China, and the Lion City, a sunken Ming dynasty town.
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MODERATOR – ROBERT HANDA
Named as the 2015 Reporter of The Year by the Associated Press, Robert Handa is a reporter for NBC Bay Area. Robert Handa is also the host of Asian Pacific America with Robert Handa, a weekly talk show covering Asian newsmakers, events, community accolades and youth perspectives. The program airs Sunday mornings at 5:30 a.m. on NBC Bay Area and encores at 6 p.m. on COZI TV.