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A.k.a. Don Bonus
directed by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984 and Sokly Ny, fl. 1995; produced by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Center for Asian American Media (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1995), 56 mins
After escaping the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the Ny family became one of thousands of refugees faced with resettlement in the U.S. Their lives unfold through the lens of this stirring video diary. As 18-year-old Sokly Ny (Don Bonus) struggles to graduate from high school, his family is harassed in the housing proje...
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directed by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984 and Sokly Ny, fl. 1995; produced by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Center for Asian American Media (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1995), 56 mins
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After escaping the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the Ny family became one of thousands of refugees faced with resettlement in the U.S. Their lives unfold through the lens of this stirring video diary. As 18-year-old Sokly Ny (Don Bonus) struggles to graduate from high school, his family is harassed in the housing projects, his eldest brother cannot fill a dead father's shoes and his youngest brother ends up in a youth prison. Sokly shares these experi...
After escaping the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the Ny family became one of thousands of refugees faced with resettlement in the U.S. Their lives unfold through the lens of this stirring video diary. As 18-year-old Sokly Ny (Don Bonus) struggles to graduate from high school, his family is harassed in the housing projects, his eldest brother cannot fill a dead father's shoes and his youngest brother ends up in a youth prison. Sokly shares these experiences, his personal feelings and his hopes as the year progresses. Ultimately, A.K.A DON BONUS becomes a story of triumph and survival from the perspective of one of America’s newest arrivals.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sokly Ny, fl. 1995, Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Center for Asian American Media
Author / Creator
Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Sokly Ny, fl. 1995
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
High school students, Immigrant life, First generation immigrant populations, Refugees, Cambodian
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Copyright © 1995 by Center for Asian American Media
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Kelly Loves Tony
directed by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984; produced by Debbie Lum, fl. 1993-2010 and Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Center for Asian American Media (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1998), 58 mins
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; 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...
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directed by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984; produced by Debbie Lum, fl. 1993-2010 and Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Center for Asian American Media (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1998), 58 mins
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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; 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 school drop-out and ex-con. The brutal...
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; 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 school drop-out and ex-con. The brutal 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 issues and cultural and educational differences.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Debbie Lum, fl. 1993-2010, Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Center for Asian American Media
Author / Creator
Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Marriage, Relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 by Center for Asian American Media
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Sa-I-Gu: from Korean women's perspectives
directed by Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 1938- and Christine Choy, 1953-; produced by Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 1938-, Elaine H. Kim, 1942- and Christine Choy, 1953- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1993), 41 mins
April 29 marks the 15th anniversary of a tragic day in American history. Violence, arson and looting erupted in South Central Los Angeles, sparked by the acquittal of the four policemen who had beaten an African American, Rodney King. During the tragic days of the riot in 1992, Korean Americans suffered about half...
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directed by Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 1938- and Christine Choy, 1953-; produced by Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 1938-, Elaine H. Kim, 1942- and Christine Choy, 1953- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1993), 41 mins
Description
April 29 marks the 15th anniversary of a tragic day in American history. Violence, arson and looting erupted in South Central Los Angeles, sparked by the acquittal of the four policemen who had beaten an African American, Rodney King. During the tragic days of the riot in 1992, Korean Americans suffered about half of the $850 million in property damage, not to mention the emotional and psychological pain. In the days and weeks that followed, medi...
April 29 marks the 15th anniversary of a tragic day in American history. Violence, arson and looting erupted in South Central Los Angeles, sparked by the acquittal of the four policemen who had beaten an African American, Rodney King. During the tragic days of the riot in 1992, Korean Americans suffered about half of the $850 million in property damage, not to mention the emotional and psychological pain. In the days and weeks that followed, media coverage of the upheaval was extensive but rarely presented a fair and in-depth portrayal of the victims. They made the Black/Korean conflict the cause of the crisis, not a symptom.
Sa-I-Gu, literally April 29, presents this Los Angeles crisis from the perspectives of Korean women shopkeepers and offers an alternative to mainstream media's inability or refusal to present the voices of victims in human terms but make them issues and numbers. Sa-I-Gu provides a perspective that is essential to discussions on the Los Angeles unrest that brought numerous social issues to the forefront — racism, class divisions, crime, violence, poverty, the urban underclass and political, economic and cultural empowerment.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Christine Choy, 1953-, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 1938-, Elaine H. Kim, 1942-
Author / Creator
Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, 1938-, Christine Choy, 1953-
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Race relations, Social problems, Small business, Riots, Korean
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993 by Center for Asian American Media
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China 21
directed by Ruby Yang, fl. 1982-2016; produced by Lambert Yam, fl. 2001, Independent Television Service, National Asian American Telecommunications Association and K. Bik Films (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2001), 57 mins
This eye-opening documentary follows four Chinese families as they step into the 21st century. Working without official permits, the filmmakers used compact digital video gear to record intimate portraits of ordinary people living in tumultuous times, capturing candid and sometimes emotional interviews. Families a...
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directed by Ruby Yang, fl. 1982-2016; produced by Lambert Yam, fl. 2001, Independent Television Service, National Asian American Telecommunications Association and K. Bik Films (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2001), 57 mins
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This eye-opening documentary follows four Chinese families as they step into the 21st century. Working without official permits, the filmmakers used compact digital video gear to record intimate portraits of ordinary people living in tumultuous times, capturing candid and sometimes emotional interviews. Families are small – one child in the city, two in the country – so children hold center stage. Veterans of the Cultural Revolution are savin...
This eye-opening documentary follows four Chinese families as they step into the 21st century. Working without official permits, the filmmakers used compact digital video gear to record intimate portraits of ordinary people living in tumultuous times, capturing candid and sometimes emotional interviews. Families are small – one child in the city, two in the country – so children hold center stage. Veterans of the Cultural Revolution are saving up to send their son to business school. Another couple, whose son is a prize law student, glows with satisfaction. To insure his children's future, a peasant leaves his remote village to work in the quasi-legal urban job market. A farm family near Shanghai feels manhandled by the privatizing economy; they sacrifice to send their daughter to high school. CHINA 21 introduces otherwise anonymous people whose spark and initiative are changing their country.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ruby Yang, fl. 1982-2016, Lambert Yam, fl. 2001, Independent Television Service, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, K. Bik Films
Author / Creator
Ruby Yang, fl. 1982-2016
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Economic conditions, Social classes, Societal structure, Cultural change and history, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 by Center for Asian American Media
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Kip Fulbeck: Selected Videos, Vol. 1
directed by Kip Fulbeck, 1965- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2009), 1 hour
Known for his fast-paced and hilarious videos exploring Hapa identity and Asian American media portrayal, artist Kip Fulbeck has been featured on CNN, MTV and PBS. A professor of Art at UCSB, he exhibits and performs throughout the world and is the author of several books. Volume 1 includes: Game of Death; A Day...
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directed by Kip Fulbeck, 1965- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2009), 1 hour
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Known for his fast-paced and hilarious videos exploring Hapa identity and Asian American media portrayal, artist Kip Fulbeck has been featured on CNN, MTV and PBS. A professor of Art at UCSB, he exhibits and performs throughout the world and is the author of several books. Volume 1 includes: Game of Death; A Day at the Fair; Banana Split; Lilo and Me; A Man for You; Rock & Roll Pug Run.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Kip Fulbeck, 1965-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Speaker / Narrator
Kip Fulbeck, 1965-
Person Discussed
Kip Fulbeck, 1965-
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, Men, Humor, Biracial people, Racial identity
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 by Center for Asian American Media
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On Strike! Ethnic Studies 1969-1999
directed by Irum Shiekh, fl. 1999 (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1999), 35 mins
Through interviews with past and recent student leaders and faculty juxtaposed with footage of campus demonstrations over the course of a generation, ON STRIKE offers an historical and political overview of what it took to establish and sustain ethnic studies at one of the nation's leading universities.
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directed by Irum Shiekh, fl. 1999 (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1999), 35 mins
Description
Through interviews with past and recent student leaders and faculty juxtaposed with footage of campus demonstrations over the course of a generation, ON STRIKE offers an historical and political overview of what it took to establish and sustain ethnic studies at one of the nation's leading universities.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Irum Shiekh, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Colleges and universities, Race and culture, History, Student activism and activists
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 by Center for Asian American Media
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Refugee
directed by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984; produced by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Independent Television Service, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Center for Independent Documentary and Vietnamese Youth Development Center (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2003), 1 hour 3 mins
Mike Siv has a plan: go to Cambodia with his buddies Paul and David, see the sights, have fun and reunite with his father and younger brother, whom he hasn’t seen in 22 years. Harsh reality sets in before the journey even begins, however, as Mike, Paul and David have never been out of the U.S., and are the first...
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directed by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984; produced by Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Independent Television Service, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Center for Independent Documentary and Vietnamese Youth Development Center (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2003), 1 hour 3 mins
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Mike Siv has a plan: go to Cambodia with his buddies Paul and David, see the sights, have fun and reunite with his father and younger brother, whom he hasn’t seen in 22 years. Harsh reality sets in before the journey even begins, however, as Mike, Paul and David have never been out of the U.S., and are the first in their families to visit Cambodia since fleeing the bloody regime of Pol Pot in the late 1970s.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984, Independent Television Service, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, Center for Independent Documentary, Vietnamese Youth Development Center
Author / Creator
Spencer Nakasako, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Family separation, Family reunions, Cambodian
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 by Center for Asian American Media
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Surplus
directed by Joy Dietrich, fl. 2000-2016; produced by Rabia Williams, fl. 2000-2003, Claudia Balthazar Medeiros, fl. 1999-2000 and Joy Dietrich, fl. 2000-2016, JED Films (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2000), 23 mins
Struggling to feed a family of seven in the midst of a prolonged drought, a Korean farmer stalks his barren fields and painfully deliberates on a course of action to fend off starvation. It is a stark tale tinged with magical realism juxtaposing the fleeting innocence of childhood against the cruelties of poverty...
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directed by Joy Dietrich, fl. 2000-2016; produced by Rabia Williams, fl. 2000-2003, Claudia Balthazar Medeiros, fl. 1999-2000 and Joy Dietrich, fl. 2000-2016, JED Films (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2000), 23 mins
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Struggling to feed a family of seven in the midst of a prolonged drought, a Korean farmer stalks his barren fields and painfully deliberates on a course of action to fend off starvation. It is a stark tale tinged with magical realism juxtaposing the fleeting innocence of childhood against the cruelties of poverty and the complex emotions of child abandonment. As a Korean adoptee, Joy Dietrich draws insightful parallels to the growing pains of the...
Struggling to feed a family of seven in the midst of a prolonged drought, a Korean farmer stalks his barren fields and painfully deliberates on a course of action to fend off starvation. It is a stark tale tinged with magical realism juxtaposing the fleeting innocence of childhood against the cruelties of poverty and the complex emotions of child abandonment. As a Korean adoptee, Joy Dietrich draws insightful parallels to the growing pains of the Korean adoptee community.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Rabia Williams, fl. 2000-2003, Claudia Balthazar Medeiros, fl. 1999-2000, Joy Dietrich, fl. 2000-2016, JED Films
Author / Creator
Joy Dietrich, fl. 2000-2016
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Child abandonment, Poverty, Starvation
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000 by Center for Asian American Media
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Yellow
directed by Chris Chan Lee, fl. 1996; produced by Chris Chan Lee, fl. 1996, Public Works Films (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1996), 1 hour 41 mins
Sin Lee is a Korean American teenager who gets robbed while working alone at his dad’s grocery store. Already feeling pressure to prove the worth of his general existence, he is unable to face his father about the loss. His buddies rally together and scheme to recover the money before sunrise.
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directed by Chris Chan Lee, fl. 1996; produced by Chris Chan Lee, fl. 1996, Public Works Films (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1996), 1 hour 41 mins
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Sin Lee is a Korean American teenager who gets robbed while working alone at his dad’s grocery store. Already feeling pressure to prove the worth of his general existence, he is unable to face his father about the loss. His buddies rally together and scheme to recover the money before sunrise. Adult College
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Chris Chan Lee, fl. 1996, Public Works Films, Lance Hahn, 1967-2007
Author / Creator
Chris Chan Lee, fl. 1996
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Money, Friendships, Family relationships, Graduation, Robbers and thieves, Youth, Korean
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 by Center for Asian American Media
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Ancestors in the Americas, Ancestors in the Americas, Part 1
directed by Loni Ding, 1931-2010; produced by Loni Ding, 1931-2010, in Ancestors in the Americas (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2001), 1 hour 2 mins
The first program of ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS travels across oceans and centuries of time to trace the globally interlocking story of East and West – from a village in Guangdong Province and Spanish military barracks in Manila to a Chinese cemetery in Havana and the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. COOLI...
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directed by Loni Ding, 1931-2010; produced by Loni Ding, 1931-2010, in Ancestors in the Americas (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 2001), 1 hour 2 mins
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The first program of ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS travels across oceans and centuries of time to trace the globally interlocking story of East and West – from a village in Guangdong Province and Spanish military barracks in Manila to a Chinese cemetery in Havana and the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. COOLIES, SAILORS AND SETTLERS explores how and why people from the Philippines, China and India first arrived on the shores of North and Sou...
The first program of ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS travels across oceans and centuries of time to trace the globally interlocking story of East and West – from a village in Guangdong Province and Spanish military barracks in Manila to a Chinese cemetery in Havana and the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. COOLIES, SAILORS AND SETTLERS explores how and why people from the Philippines, China and India first arrived on the shores of North and South America, and it portrays their survival amid harsh conditions, their re-migrations, and finally their permanent settlement in the New World.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Loni Ding, 1931-2010, Sab Shimono, 1943-
Author / Creator
Loni Ding, 1931-2010
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Series
Ancestors in the Americas
Speaker / Narrator
Sab Shimono, 1943-
Topic / Theme
Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Filipino people, Indian people, Chinese people, Immigrant life, Jews
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 by Center for Asian American Media
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