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Chinese restaurants : on the islands / director and producer, Cheuk Kwan ; writers, Cheuk Kwan, Margaret S. Martin ; Tissa Films.
Penn Museum Library - Media DVD DS732 .C5567 2005 disc 2
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Chinese restaurants ; disc 2.
- Chinese restaurants ; disc 2
- Language:
- English
- French
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese--Foreign countries.
- Chinese.
- Restaurateurs--Interviews.
- Restaurateurs.
- Cooking, Chinese--Social aspects.
- Cooking, Chinese.
- Restaurants--Social aspects.
- Restaurants.
- Ethnic restaurants.
- Family-owned business enterprises.
- National characteristics, Chinese.
- Chinese--Cultural assimilation.
- Chinese--Ethnic identity.
- Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.
- Immigrants.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- On the islands
- Place of Publication:
- Carson City, NV : Filmwest Associates, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Dialogue in multiple languages with narration and subtitles in either English or French.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan explores the Chinese diaspora by focusing on Chinese restaurants in three island countries, in Mauritius, Trindad, and Cuba, showing the lives and stories of the families who own them. Reveals the complex history of Chinese immigration, cultural migration, ethnic identity and global politics.
- Contents:
- Mauritius
- Trindad
- Cuba.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Cheuk Kwan.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Kwoi ; editor, Zinka Bejtic ; composers, Dino Giancola, Janet Lumb.
- Notes:
- Contains two optional full-length audio commentary tracks.
- OCLC:
- 77554265
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