Ancestors in the Americas / producer, director, writer, Loni Ding.
Pt. 1 tells the story of how Asians--Filipino, Chinese, Asian Indian--first arrived in the Americas. Film crosses centuries and oceans from the 16th century Manila-Acapulco trade, to the Opium War, to the 19th century plantation coolie labor in South America and the Caribbean. Pt. 2 relates the hist...
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Corporate Authors: | Center for Educational Telecommunications, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Independent Television Service |
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Other Authors: | Ding, Loni, Shimono, Sab, Morita, Pat, 1932-2005 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Berkeley, Calif. :
Center for Educational Telecommunications,
[1997-1998], ©1997-1998.
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Series: | Asian American history series ;
pt. 1, 2. |
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Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (124 min). |
Variant Title: |
Coolies, sailors, settlers.
Chinese in the frontier west, an American story. |
Format: | Video DVD |