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Home from the eastern sea / the story of Asian Pacific Americans in Washington State / produced by Paper Crane Productions in association with KCTS-9 ; produced and directed by Lucy Ostrander and Elizabeth Clark.
LIBRA VHS Videorecording 321
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Washington (State).
- Asian Americans.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Racism.
- Minorities.
- Washington (State).
- Minorities--Washington (State)--History.
- Racism--Washington (State)--History.
- Washington (State)--History--1889-.
- Washington (State)--Race relations--History.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white segments ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [1995]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- The personal stories of three pivotal Asian-American groups--Chinese-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and Filipino-Americans becoming Americans without sacrificing their old-world heritage. Focusing on representative families, this documentary provides the perspective of history and culture through interviews with scholars and community activists. Recalls Asian immigrant experiences and encounters with prejudice.
- Participant:
- Narrator, James Shigeta.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Emiko Omori ; writer, Elizabeth Clark ; editor, Emiko Omori ; music, Deems Tsutakawa, Paul Anderson.
- Notes:
- Documentary.
- Originally produced in 1989.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 27762675
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