Professor Mae Ngai’s The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America will be adapted into a historical drama as both a limited series and a feature film.

Professor Mae Ngai‘s The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America will be adapted into a historical drama as both a limited series and a feature film. The book, which explores the multigenerational story of the Tape family, who fought to enroll their daughter in a local public school and won a landmark court case that would affirm birthright citizenship for children of Chinese immigrants. Read the full announcement here.