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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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Thương nhớ đồng quê
directed by Dang Nhat Minh, 1938- (Vietnam: Privately Published), 1 hour 56 mins
Set in a rice-growing village in Vietnam, this is a tale of crossroads where stories flow together like small rivers of sorrow. 17-year-old Nham has left school to care for his widowed mother, his little sister Minh, and his sister-in-law Ngu. Ngu, whose husband left to work in a coal mine five years ago and has...
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directed by Dang Nhat Minh, 1938- (Vietnam: Privately Published), 1 hour 56 mins
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Set in a rice-growing village in Vietnam, this is a tale of crossroads where stories flow together like small rivers of sorrow. 17-year-old Nham has left school to care for his widowed mother, his little sister Minh, and his sister-in-law Ngu. Ngu, whose husband left to work in a coal mine five years ago and has only come home twice for a few days, lives in daily sadness and with a deep longing for him and a complete life. Nham and his family...
Set in a rice-growing village in Vietnam, this is a tale of crossroads where stories flow together like small rivers of sorrow. 17-year-old Nham has left school to care for his widowed mother, his little sister Minh, and his sister-in-law Ngu. Ngu, whose husband left to work in a coal mine five years ago and has only come home twice for a few days, lives in daily sadness and with a deep longing for him and a complete life. Nham and his family are visited by Quyen, who has come from America to revisit the village where she was raised by her aunt, Nham's relative. Quyen shares her nostalgia for her childhood with Nham as she remembers the places and the life she left before leaving her bad marriage. As Nham befriends her, his sexuality is awakened by her attractive personality and vivacious good looks. Ngu sees this attention being paid to Quyen by Nham and harbors a quiet jealousy. As Nham opens to his sexual feelings, his embarrassment drives him from Quyen but his sexuality is further awakened by innocent comfort given to Ngu. Nostalgia for the Countryside sweeps us through strong emotions as we experience the characters' heartbreaks and sorrows.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009-10-19
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Dang Nhat Minh, 1938-
Author / Creator
Dang Nhat Minh, 1938-
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Vietnamese, Emotions and feelings, Romantic relationships, Nostalgia, Family, Sexuality
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 Used by permission of Dang Nhat Minh.
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Tong Tana: Lost Paradise
directed by Jan Roed and Eric Pauser; produced by Eric Pauser and Jan Roed (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 52 mins
This unforgettable film chronicles one man's fight against the ecological devastation of Malaysian Borneo's ancient rain forest. Fourteen years ago Bruno Manser from Switzerland walked into the jungle to live with the Penan tribe, an indigenous isolated native people. He adopted their lifestyle and stayed with the...
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directed by Jan Roed and Eric Pauser; produced by Eric Pauser and Jan Roed (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 52 mins
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This unforgettable film chronicles one man's fight against the ecological devastation of Malaysian Borneo's ancient rain forest. Fourteen years ago Bruno Manser from Switzerland walked into the jungle to live with the Penan tribe, an indigenous isolated native people. He adopted their lifestyle and stayed with them for four years, keeping an illustrated diary. Bruno found them to be the paradigm of Rousseau’s Noble Savage: good people solving p...
This unforgettable film chronicles one man's fight against the ecological devastation of Malaysian Borneo's ancient rain forest. Fourteen years ago Bruno Manser from Switzerland walked into the jungle to live with the Penan tribe, an indigenous isolated native people. He adopted their lifestyle and stayed with them for four years, keeping an illustrated diary. Bruno found them to be the paradigm of Rousseau’s Noble Savage: good people solving problems together in a social community where everything was shared and no antagonism existed between the members. The Penans are one of the last nomadic tribes on earth and have been living in this forest – said to be 160 million years old – for thousands of years. They are now struggling to survive amidst the destruction of the forest over the last ten years by Malaysian logging businesses. Ninety per cent of the trees have been stripped and the water supply is ruined. It is evident that the rituals and lifestyle of the tribe will not last long in the denuded forest. Deforestation has wiped out not only a way of life, but also Penan history. Over the past ten years in Switzerland Bruno worked to raise the world's consciousness about the destruction. He returned when the Penans sent him a tape smuggled out of Borneo which said 'Come back now if you want to see us alive. If you don't come now there will be no Penan people or forest left.' On his return, he resumed his place in Penan society, but was being hunted by Malaysian logging businesses and the government as a 'trouble-maker.' Since May 2000, Bruno has been missing. It is clear that his involvement gave the tribe the courage to stand up for their rights and fight back. College Adult
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Eric Pauser, Jan Roed, Bjorn Cederberg
Author / Creator
Jan Roed, Eric Pauser
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Bjorn Cederberg
Topic / Theme
Aboriginal Malay, Anthropology, Environment, Ecology, Tribal and national groups, Rainforests, Science
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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