- Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003.
- Year Published: 2003
- Description: 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Language: English
- Format: DVD
ISBN/Standard Number
- 613641005732
Series
Additional Credits
- Tsui, Mi Ling.
- Lennon, Thomas.
- Moyers, Bill D.
- Jen, Gish.
- Ting, S. C. C. 1936-
- Public Affairs Television (Firm)
- Thomas Lennon Films.
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Subjects
- Jen, Gish -- Interviews.
- Ting, S. C. C. -- 1936 -- Interviews.
- Chinese -- History. -- United States
- Chinese Americans -- History.
- Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century. -- California
- Chinese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
- Labor policy -- History -- 19th century.
- Labor policy -- History -- 19th century. -- California
- Emigration and immigration law -- History.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Chinese Americans.
- Chinese Americans -- Social conditions.
- Immigrants -- History. -- United States
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
- California -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- Race relations.
- California -- Race relations.
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Becoming American : the Chinese experience. [Program 2], Between two worlds
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Call number: DVD 973.004 Be V.2
Available Copies: Downtown 1st Floor, Pittsfield Adult
Additional Details
Originally broadcast on PBS as part of the series "Becoming American, the Chinese experience", March 25-27, 2003.
Viewer's guide, educator's guide, and other resources available on the World Wide Web.
"A Bill Moyers special."
Special features include two Bill Moyers interviews titled Personal journeys: "A Conversation with Gish Jen", author (11 min.) and "A Conversation with Samuel Ting", Nobel Laureate physicist (12 min.).
Host, Bill Moyers.
In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this program begins with a description of the early 1880s when a wave of anti-Chinese sentiment swept across America, abetted by the Chinese Exclusion Act. Families were kept apart by both ancient custom and U.S. law. These immigrants were trapped between countries, at home neither in the U.S. nor in China. The law of the land, which separated these families, also provided relief as Chinese Americans turned to the courts for justice. Presents Chinese Americans contributions during World War II, and describes their struggles to prove their value both in war time and after returning home.
DVD ; full screen.
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