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
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:	Asian Americans > History. Chinese Americans > History. Filipino Americans > History. East Indian Americans > History. Immigrants > America > History. Documentary television programs. America > Emigration and immigration > History.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (124 min).
Variant Title:	Coolies, sailors, settlers. Chinese in the frontier west, an American story.
Format:	Video DVD