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The Gate of Heavenly Peace
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7 editions published between 1995 and 1997 in English and held by 262 libraries worldwide Revisits the Tiananmen Square incident of June 4, 1989 and explores the complex political process that led to the protests and the eventual Beijing massacre. Includes still photographs, eyewitness accounts, interviews, and newsreels.
The split horn the life of a Hmong Shaman in America
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6 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 254 libraries worldwide Shows the life and culture of the Thao family, Hmong Americans in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Morning sun 八九点钟的太阳
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6 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 237 libraries worldwide This film attempts in the space of a two-hour documentary film to create an inner history of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (c.1964-1976). It provides a multi-perspective view of a tumultuous period as seen through the eyes--and reflected in the hearts and minds--of members of the high-school generation that was born around the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and that came of age in the 1960s. Others join them in creating in the film's conversation about the period and the psycho-emotional topography of high-Maoist China, as well as the enduring legacy of that period.
American experience. Daughter from Danang
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 236 libraries worldwide In 1975, with the end of the war in Vietnam imminent, Mai Thi Kim, a poor, young Vietnamese woman, sent her seven-year-old daughter to America as part of a controversial evacuation program known as Operation Babylift. Kim believed her daughter Hiep -- who was conceived during a brief love affair with an American Naval officer -- would be in danger in Vietnam. Hiep's journey took her to Pulaski, Tennessee, where she was adopted by a single woman and renamed Heidi, and became "101%" American. In 1997, Heidi decides to return to Vietnam in search of her mother. The film follows mother and daughter over the course of their one-week reunion, and in painful, difficult scenes, it becomes apparent that the cultural gulf between them is much larger than either imagined. It reveals how the trauma inflicted by the Vietnam War continues to haunt and harm those who survived it.
My America --or honk if you love Buddha
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7 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide In her warm and funny odyssey across the U.S., Renee Tajima-Peña records the voices and personalities of Asian Americans from Chinatown, New York to a debutante ball in Anaheim, California.
Daughter from Đànã̆ng a film
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide Heidi seems the proverbial "all-American girl" from small-town Pulaski, Tennessee. But she was born Mai Thi Hiep in Danang, Vietnam, the daughter of an American serviceman and a Vietnamese woman. At the war's end, her mother, hearing rumors that racially mixed children would be persecuted, place the 7-year-old girl on an "Operation Babylift" plane to the United States. Twenty-two years later mother and daughter are miraculously reunited in Danang. But what seems like the cue for a happy ending is anything but as Heidi and her Vietnamese relatives are caught in a heart-wrenching clash of cultures.
The debut
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4 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 198 libraries worldwide Ben is from a Filipino-American family who is soon to graduate from high school. Currently, most of his family is preoccupied with an elaborate coming-out party being thrown for Ben's sister Rose. Ben isn't too thrilled about having to attend, so he invites his best friends Rick and Doug. To their surprise, Rick and Doug find themselves having a great time getting a glimpse of Filipino culture, and Ben meets a pretty girl named Annabelle.
Slaying the dragon
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7 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in English and held by 195 libraries worldwide Describes and discusses Asians and Asian-Americans as depicted in American Media productions, including films, television programs, commercials, newsreels and news broadcasts, paying particular attention to Asian women. Includes interviews with Asian historians, sociologists, actors & actresses and broadcasters.
First person plural
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3 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 179 libraries worldwide "In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and was sent from Korea to her new home. Growing up in California, the memory of her birth family was nearly obliterated until recurring dreams led Borshay Liem to discover the truth: her Korean mother was very much alive. Bravely uniting her biological and adoptive families, filmmaker Borshay Liem's heartfelt journey makes FIRST PERSON PLURAL a poignant essay on family, loss, and the reconciling of two identities"--Container.
Days of waiting the life and art of Estelle Ishigo
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6 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in English and held by 159 libraries worldwide Poignant documentary about an extraordinary woman, artist Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians to be interned with 110,000 Japanese Americans in 1942. When internment came, Ishigo refused to be separated from her Japanese-American husband, and lived with him for four years behind barbed wire in the desolate Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming. During internment, the artist recorded the rigors of camp life with unusual insight, depicting the internees' struggle to keep dignity and hope alive.
Miss India Georgia
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3 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 141 libraries worldwide This documentary video follows four contestants in the Miss India Georgia pageant. It tells the story of their experiences as first generation Indian Americans. These young women disclose the complexity of their feelings about growing up in the United States as children of immigrant parents.
Beyond barbed wire untold stories of American courage
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3 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in English and held by 124 libraries worldwide Beyond barbed wire recounts the personal sacrifices and stories of heroism displayed by the Japanese American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service who fought for the United States during World War II while their families were held in internment camps.
A.k.a. Don Bonus
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7 editions published between 1995 and 2007 in English and held by 121 libraries worldwide This documentary is a self-portrait of a young Cambodian immigrant growing up in America today. Shot by Sokly Ny himself, it shows his struggles to graduate and survive his complicated life during his senior year of high school.
Children of the camps a documentary and educational project
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3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 121 libraries worldwide During World War II more than half of the 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were "evacuated" to American concentration camps were children. In this documentary six Japanese Americans who were incarcerated as children in the camps reveal their experiences, cultural and familial issues during incarceration, the long internalized grief and shame they felt and how this early trauma manifested itself in their adult lives.
Monkey dance
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7 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 112 libraries worldwide Film presents the lives of three Cambodian-American teenagers who come of age in the United States while holding on to some aspects of their Cambodian culture such as Cambodian dance.
Ancestors in the Americas
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5 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and held by 98 libraries worldwide Pt. 1 tells the story of how Asians--Filipino, Chinese, Asian Indian--first arrived in the Americas. Film crosses centuries and oceans from the 16th century Manila-Acapulco trade, to the Opium War, to the 19th century plantation coolie labor in South America and the Caribbean. Pt. 2 relates the history of Chinese immigrants in California.
Sa-i-gu
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2 editions published between 1993 and 2007 in English and held by 95 libraries worldwide Explores the embittering effect the Rodney King verdict and riot had on Korean American women shopkeepers who suffered more than half of the material losses in the conflict. Film underscores the shattering of the American dream while taking the media to task for playing up the "Korean-Black" aspect of the rioting.
Act of war the overthrow of the Hawaiian nation
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3 editions published between 1993 and 2006 in English and held by 86 libraries worldwide Film reviews the political and cultural history of the indigenous peoples of Hawaii, the impact of European invaders upon their land and current day political activities by indigenous Hawaiians who wish to reclaim political control of the island.
Kelly loves Tony
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3 editions published between 1998 and 2005 in English and held by 77 libraries worldwide Seventeen year-old Kelly Saeteurn has a dream--she calls it her "American dream." As a fresh high school graduate on her way to college she envisions a rosy future for herself, full of exciting opportunities granted by a college education. Kelly is the first in her family of Iu Mien refugees from Laos to have accomplished as much as she already has, but her dreams exist in sharp contrast to her reality. She is also pregnant. Her boyfriend Tony is a junior high drop out and ex-con whom she had met three months earlier at a shopping mall in Oakland, California. The honesty of this film's footage and dialogue offers viewers a rare glimpse into the lives of two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of overwhelming obstacles like parenthood, gender, culture and education.
The Flute player
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4 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 76 libraries worldwide Documentary about the life and work of Cambodian genocide survivor, Arn Chorn-Pond. Shows his attempts to bring Cambodia's once outlawed traditional music back to the Cambodian people. Also features members of the Cambodian Master Performers Program. more
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Asian Americans Asian Americans--Ethnic identity Asian American women Asians Biography California California--Los Angeles California--San Francisco Children China Concentration camps Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976) Documentary films Documentary films Documentary television programs Documentary television programs Drama Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (Unites States : 1942-1945) Families Feature films Filipino Americans History Hmong Americans Immigrants Interviews Japanese Americans Korean Americans Mass media Motion pictures Nonfiction films Nonfiction television programs Personal narratives Political science Psychological aspects Race relations Racism Refugees Shamans Social history Stereotypes (Social psychology) Student movements Students--Political activity Tiananmen Square Incident (China : 1989) United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Vietnam Vietnam War (1961-1975) Wisconsin--Appleton Women World War (1939-1945)
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