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Being Hmong means being free : a video portrait of Hmong life and culture in today's America / Wisconsin Public Television and NEWIST/CESA #7 present ; producer/researcher, Eileen Littig ; writer/producer, Larry Long.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hmong Americans--Social life and customs.
- Hmong Americans.
- Hmong (Asian people)--United States--Social life and customs.
- Hmong (Asian people).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (58 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Center for Asian American Media, 2000.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- When the U.S. withdrew from the Viet Nam War in 1975, approximately 120,000 Hmong were driven from their homeland in Laos by communist forces and forced to re-establish their lives elsewhere. Focusing on a Hmong immigrant community in Wisconsin, this documentary offers a comprehensive look at many fundamental concepts and practices of the ancient Hmong culture -- weddings, funerals, the "ball toss," the shaman, clans and the "flower cloth" -- and relates how those traditions have framed the Hmong culture and community. Acknowledging the difficulties that have arisen from trying to follow those traditions in a new country where the language barrier, limited employment opportunities and xenophobia present everyday challenges, Being Hmong Means Being Free explores how dramatically life has changed for Hmong in the space of a generation.
- Participant:
- Featuring Lia Vang.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 27, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1264102195
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