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Title:

Becoming American [videorecording] / a production of Iris Film and Video in association with the Television Laboratory at WNET/Thirteen ; a film by Ken Levine ; produced by Ken Levine, Ivory Waterworth Levine ; written by Ivory Waterworth Levine.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

New Day Films,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Hmong (Asian people)--Seattle.--Seattle.
Refugees--Thailand.
Refugees--Seattle.--Seattle.
Seattle (Wash.)--Ethnic relations.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Levine, Ken, 1950-
Levine, Ivory Waterworth.
Iris Film and Video.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.). Television Laboratory.
New Day Films.

Notes:

This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. Includes PDF study guide.

Summary:

Follows a Southeast Asian Hmong family during a nine-month period as they travel from a refugee camp in Thailand to Seattle. Records their months of intense culture shock, prejudice, and gradual adaptation to their new American home.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)182759396

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)