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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: | WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Iris Film and Video.; New Day Films. |
| OCLC Number: | 10674363 |
| Notes: | Title from data sheet. Intended audience: Ages 14 through adults. Issued also in longer version (58 min.). Issued also as motion picture. |
| Credits: | Director, Ken Levine. |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide. |
| Details: | VHS format. |
| Responsibility: | WNET/13 ; [produced by] Iris Film and Video ; producers, Ken Levine and Ivory Waterworth Levine. |
Abstract:
Documents the adaptation of a Hmong refugee family from northern Laos to life in America, where everything is culturally alien and everyone is a stranger. Incorporates archival footage of the family's heritage into poignant views of the daily encounters that the members have with foreign obstacles.
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- Hmong Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle.
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