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Xmas without China / ITVS, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Chicken & Egg Pictures, Veracity Productions ; director & producer, Alicia Dwyer; producer, Tom Xia ; a co-production of Dwyers & Xia, LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumers--United States--Attitudes.
- Consumers.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Christmas decorations.
- United States.
- Exports--China.
- Exports.
- China.
- Christmas decorations--United States.
- Globalization--Social aspects--United States.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Economic aspects--United States.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Arcadia (Calif.)--Social life and customs.
- Arcadia (Calif.).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (63 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Christmas without China
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English and Chinese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Exploring the intersection of consumerism and immigration in American culture, this film is an intimate portrait of families wrestling with our drive to consume cheap products, but also with our desire for human connection and a sense of who we are in a fast-changing world. Pride and mischief inspire Chinese immigrant Tom Xia to challenge the Americans in his Southern California suburb to celebrate Christmas without any Chinese products. Meanwhile, Tom's parents are constructing a new home, proudly using Chinese materials to build their American dream. As they decorate for Christmas for the first time and the interactions between the Xias and the Joneses intensify, Tom realizes that he's on a deeper journey to understand the complexities of his own divided loyalties between America and China.
- Participant:
- Featuring Tom Xia and others.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer & co-producer, Michael Dwyer ; co-producer & editor, Juli Vizza ; co-editor, Tova Goodman ; music written & performed by Kenneth Pattengale ; associate producer, Katie Roper.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Dwyers & Xia, LLC, c2013.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 11, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-xmas Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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