Bibliograph

Asian Americans, a production of WETA Washington, D.C. and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) for PBS ; in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Flash Cuts, and Tajima-Peña Productions ; series producer, Renee Tajima-Peña ; episode producers, S. Leo Chiang, Geeta Gandbhir, and Grace Lee ; writers, S. Leo Chiang, Victoria Chalk, Aldo Velasco, Grace Lee, Alex Keipper

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Label

Asian Americans, a production of WETA Washington, D.C. and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) for PBS ; in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Flash Cuts, and Tajima-Peña Productions ; series producer, Renee Tajima-Peña ; episode producers, S. Leo Chiang, Geeta Gandbhir, and Grace Lee ; writers, S. Leo Chiang, Victoria Chalk, Aldo Velasco, Grace Lee, Alex Keipper

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

TV Parental Guidelines: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned; this program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age)

Main title

Asian Americans

Oclc number

1152174206

Responsibility statement

a production of WETA Washington, D.C. and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) for PBS ; in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Flash Cuts, and Tajima-Peña Productions ; series producer, Renee Tajima-Peña ; episode producers, S. Leo Chiang, Geeta Gandbhir, and Grace Lee ; writers, S. Leo Chiang, Victoria Chalk, Aldo Velasco, Grace Lee, Alex Keipper

Runtime

300

Summary

This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. Breaking ground. St Louis World's Fair ; Transcontinental railroad ; Immigration and exclusion ; From India to America ; Hollywood pioneers ; Epilogue -- A question of loyalty. Prologue ; The Uno family ; War breaks out ; The Ahn family ; The legacies of World War II ; Epilogue -- Good Americans. Prologue ; A "model minority" ; The red scare ; Hawaii's political revolution ; Change is coming ; Epilogue -- Disc 2. Generation rising. Prologue ; Delano grape strike ; The other Vietnam War ; San Francisco state strike ; Asian American movement ; A new lens ; Epilogue -- Breaking through. Prologue ; Murder of Vincent Chin ; Koreatown 1992 ; New storytellers ; September 11th ; Dreamers ; Epilogue

Technique

live action

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