Watching TV with the Red Chinese

Watching TV With the Red Chinese is a 2011 film that explores the clash between different cultures. The film is set in 1980 New York City where a man becomes the unwilling cultural guide to three Chinese exchange students that live in the neighboring apartment. The students’ lives are disrupted when one of them is mugged by black men. As he becomes more paranoid of black people and America in general he purchases a gun for self defense. He begins a relationship with the ex-girlfriend of his neighbor only to have the man threaten him. This leads him into the belief that American culture will force a violent confrontation between the two.