Fighting Grandpa / Pak Man Productions.

A sensitive and probing portrayal of Korean immigrant grandparents and their marriage. Grandma, left alone with four children for ten years in Korea, while her husband studied in America, was finally brought to Hawaii where she endured new hardships. Now, after 70 years of marriage, when grandpa die...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Pak Man Productions
National Asian American Telecommunications Association
NAATA Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors: Pak, Greg
Language:English
Subjects:
Korean Americans > Social conditions.
Korean American families.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Husband and wife > United States > Case studies.
Families > United States > Case studies.
Married people > United States > Case studies.
Families.
Husband and wife.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Married people.
United States.
Short films.
Case studies.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Case studies.
Short films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (21 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A sensitive and probing portrayal of Korean immigrant grandparents and their marriage. Grandma, left alone with four children for ten years in Korea, while her husband studied in America, was finally brought to Hawaii where she endured new hardships. Now, after 70 years of marriage, when grandpa dies, grandma's stoicism gives way to a piercing grief which surprises and confounds her family.
Note:Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version distributed by NAATA Distribution in 2000.
Originally produced in 1998.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E184.K6 F544 2000a VideoDVD
Credits:Director/writer/cinematographer/editor, Greg Pak ; music, Rick Knutsen.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format.