Kelly loves Tony / a production of the National Asian American Telecommunications Association, in association with the Independent Television Service ; producer and editor, Debbie Lum ; producer and director, Spencer Nakasako.

Seventeen year-old Kelly Saeteurn has a dream--she calls it her "American dream." As a fresh high school graduate on her way to college she envisions a rosy future for herself, full of exciting opportunities granted by a college education. Kelly is the first in her family of Iu Mien refugees from La...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Asian American Telecommunications Association (Production company)
Independent Television Service (Production company)
Center for Asian American Media (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Nakasako, Spencer (Film director, Film producer)
Lum, Debbie (Film producer, Editor of moving image work)
Saeteurn, Kane Ian (Onscreen presenter)
Saelio, Nai (Onscreen presenter)
Wank, Wendy
Ahrens, C. Donald
Saeteurn, Muong
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Distributed by Center for Asian American Media, [1998], ©1998.
Subjects:
Yao Americans (Asian Americans) > California > Oakland.
Teenage pregnancy > California > Oakland.
Dropouts > California > Oakland.
Asian American youth > California > Oakland.
Asian American youth.
Dropouts.
Teenage pregnancy.
Yao Americans (Asian Americans)
California > Oakland.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Educational films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Educational films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Seventeen year-old Kelly Saeteurn has a dream--she calls it her "American dream." As a fresh high school graduate on her way to college she envisions a rosy future for herself, full of exciting opportunities granted by a college education. Kelly is the first in her family of Iu Mien refugees from Laos to have accomplished as much as she already has, but her dreams exist in sharp contrast to her reality. She is also pregnant. Her boyfriend Tony is a junior high drop out and ex-con whom she had met three months earlier at a shopping mall in Oakland, California. The honesty of this film's footage and dialogue offers viewers a rare glimpse into the lives of two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of overwhelming obstacles like parenthood, gender, culture and education.
Note:This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E184.Y36 K45 1998 VideoDVD
Credits:Editor, Wendy Wank ; on-line editor, Don Ahrens ; Iu Mien translation, Muong Saeteurn.
System Details:DVD-R, NTSC.
Cast:
Video diarists, Kane Ian "Kelly" Saeteurn, Nai "Tony" Saelio.