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Follows four years of the lives of a group of contemporary immigrants as they journey to start new lives in America, including a couple from India in Silicon Valley, a Mexican meatpacker in rural Kansas, two families of Nigerian refugees, two baseball players from the Dominican Republic joining the...

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Corporate Authors: Independent Television Service, Kartemquin Films
Other Authors: Saedi, Gita (Producer), Bashey, Ismail (Narrator), Simpson, David E. (Editor), James, Steve, 1955- (Director, Editor), Quinn, Gordon (Director), Aikin, Susana (Director), Aparicio, Carlos (Director), Tajima-Pena, Renee (Director), Krishnan, Indu (Director), Blumenthal, Jerry (Director)
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or Spanish. Closed-captioned.
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : Kartemquin Educational Films, [2009]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Americanization.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic) > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Nigerians > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Palestinian Arabs > Cultural assimilation > United States.
East Indians > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Mexicans > Cultural assimilation > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 DVDs (411 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Follows four years of the lives of a group of contemporary immigrants as they journey to start new lives in America, including a couple from India in Silicon Valley, a Mexican meatpacker in rural Kansas, two families of Nigerian refugees, two baseball players from the Dominican Republic joining the L.A. Dodgers, and a newly-wed Palestinian woman in Chicago. The detailed portraits of these immigrants not only result in a kaleidoscope of immigrant life but offer 'first impressions' of America.
Note:Special features: Additional scenes; Where are they now? slideshow.
Videorecording.
Call Number:JK1759 .N49 2009 VideoDVD
CT9 D0103941 VideoDVD
VIDEO N
ISBN:1565808207
9781565808201
Credits:Directors (Dominican story), Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio ; directors (Palestinian story), Jerry Blumental, Gordon Quinn ; director (Nigerian story), Steve James ; director (Mexican story), Renee Tajima-Peña ; director (Indian story), Indu Krishnan ; editors, David E. Simpson, Steve James ; series producer, Gita Saedi ; executive producers, Steve James, Gordon Quinn ; presented by Independent Television Service.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC, region 1.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Ismail Bashey.
Event Details:
Originally broadcast as an episode of Independent Lens, Mar. 29, 2004.