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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Center for Educational Telecommunications
National Asian American Telecommunications Association
Independent Television Service
Other Authors: Ding, Loni
Shimono, Sab
Morita, Pat, 1932-2005
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : Center for Educational Telecommunications, [1997-1998], ©1997-1998.
Series:Asian American history series ; pt. 1, 2.
Subjects:
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (124 min).
Variant Title:
Coolies, sailors, settlers.
Chinese in the frontier west, an American story.
Format: Video DVD

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