Becoming American: The Odyssey of a Refugee Family (excerpt) (1983)
Title
Becoming American: The Odyssey of a Refugee Family (excerpt) (1983)
Subject
Hmong Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seattle (Wash.)--Ethnic relations
Seattle (Wash.)--Emigration and immigration
URL
Part 1
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Part 5
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Part 6
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Description
Content description from WorldCat.org (https://www.worldcat.org/title/becoming-american-the-odyssey-of-a-refugee-family/oclc/24077120) :
Documents the adaptation of a Hmong refugee family from northern Laos to life in America, where everything is culturally alien and everyone is a stranger. Incorporates archival footage of the family's heritage into poignant views of the daily encounters that the members have with foreign obstacles.
Ephemera: none available.
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Documents the adaptation of a Hmong refugee family from northern Laos to life in America, where everything is culturally alien and everyone is a stranger. Incorporates archival footage of the family's heritage into poignant views of the daily encounters that the members have with foreign obstacles.
Ephemera: none available.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Ken Levine (director and producer)
Ivory Waterworth Levine (producer and writer)
Denney Goodhew and David Mahler (composers)
Publisher
Iris Film and Video
WNET/Thirteen
Date
1983
Citation
“Becoming American: The Odyssey of a Refugee Family (excerpt) (1983),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/621.