Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority is currently on the Asian American film festival circuit. If you missed it, you can catch Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority on PBS. Other Asian American documentaries showing include Wings of Defeat and Bolinao 52.

In 1965, Patsy Mink became the first Asian American woman and woman of color in the United States Congress. PATSY MINK: Ahead of the Majority looks at Mink’s remarkable political journey, while often lonely and tumultuous, as she fought for the most disenfranchised and forgotten in society. Learn more about the life and career of Hawaii’s former Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first Asian American woman in Congress. Mink served both the 1st and 2nd Congressional District of Hawaii for a total of 12 terms and was first elected in 1965. She pioneered the Title IX provision now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, which bans gender discrimination in education programs receiving federal funds. Check your local PBS listing for airdates.

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Trailer