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Title:

Blue collar and Buddha [videorecording] / produced by Kati Johnston and Taggart Siegel ; directed by Taggart Siegel ; written by Charles Hallisey and Ajaan Xamonhpry Per ; Siegel Productions.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed by National Asian American Telecommunications Association,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Laotians--Rockford--Rockford--Social conditions.
Racism--Rockford.--Rockford.
Buddhists--Rockford--Rockford--Social conditions.
Rockford (Ill.)--Race relations.
Rockford (Ill.)--Social conditions.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Laos--Emigration and immigration.

Other Authors:

Siegel, Taggart.
Siegel Productions

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1987 by Siegel Productions.

Summary:

Explores the dilemma of Laotian refugees living in Rockford, Illinois who are torn between preserving their cultural identity and adapting to their new life in America. Re-settlement is complicated by rising tensions with neighbors, many of whom resent the Laotians' economic gains and view their Buddhism with hostility.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45606101

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)