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I learn America / directed and produced by Jean-Michel Dissard & Gitte Peng.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage immigrants--Education (Secondary)--New York (State).
- Teenage immigrants.
- Education, Secondary.
- New York (State).
- Children of immigrants--Education (Secondary)--New York (State).
- Children of immigrants.
- Children of immigrants--Education (Secondary).
- Linguistic minorities--Education (Secondary)--New York (State).
- Linguistic minorities.
- Linguistic minorities--Education (Secondary).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (93 min. ; 53 min.) : sound., color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Subtitle from container: One high school, one school year, five new Americans
- Place of Publication:
- Blooming Grove, NY : New Day Films, 2013.
- Language Note:
- Feature (full) version: In English with optional English, Spanish, Arabic or French subtitles ; Classrom version: In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital optical stereo Dolby
- laser optical NTSC
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- "In America, nearly one in four students is a child of immigration. At the International High School at Lafayette, a Brooklyn public high school dedicated to newly arrived immigrants from all over the world, five teenagers strive to master English, adapt to families they haven't seen in years, and create a future of their own while coming of age in a new land"--Container.
- Contents:
- I learn America (feature version; 93 min.)
- I learn America (classrooom version; 53 min.)
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Jean-Michel Dissard, Andrew Freiband; editor, Alison Shurman; music, Naim Amor.
- Notes:
- "In association with Green Film Company."
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781574484625
- 1574484621
- OCLC:
- 894555307
- Publisher Number:
- 9781574484625
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