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Afterbirth
directed by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-; produced by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1982), 36 mins
AFTERBIRTH poetically explores the unpredictable relationship between appearance and identity, challenging notions of cultural essentialism with a call for spiritual transcendence. A “documentary” montage featuring white, black and yellow Chinese characters, some fictional, others real, confront the meaning of...
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directed by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-; produced by Jason Kao Hwang, 1957- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1982), 36 mins
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AFTERBIRTH poetically explores the unpredictable relationship between appearance and identity, challenging notions of cultural essentialism with a call for spiritual transcendence. A “documentary” montage featuring white, black and yellow Chinese characters, some fictional, others real, confront the meaning of language, ritual and skin color to realize a true Asian American identity. Produced in 1983, the cast includes Jack Tchen, now directo...
AFTERBIRTH poetically explores the unpredictable relationship between appearance and identity, challenging notions of cultural essentialism with a call for spiritual transcendence. A “documentary” montage featuring white, black and yellow Chinese characters, some fictional, others real, confront the meaning of language, ritual and skin color to realize a true Asian American identity. Produced in 1983, the cast includes Jack Tchen, now director of New York University’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute; Gopal Sukhu, now chair of the Chinese Language department at Columbia University; Fay Chiang, former director of Basement Workshop, now Program Developer at Project Reach, a youth crisis center in NYC’s Chinatown; experimental media artist Shu Lea Cheang; and the director, Jason Kao Hwang, now a highly-regarded jazz violinist/composer. (see jasonkaohwang.com) AFTERBIRTH premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in 1983.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-
Author / Creator
Jason Kao Hwang, 1957-
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Racial identity, Cultural identity, Asian Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1982 by Center for Asian American Media
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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
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 by Center for Asian American Media
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Amin = امین
directed by Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015 (Iran: Privately Published), 2 hours
Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documen...
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directed by Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015 (Iran: Privately Published), 2 hours
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Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documenting and teaching the unique musical tradition of his people, the Qashqai tribe, a tradition on the verge of extinction. Despite the fa...
Amin is the story of an ancient musical tradition and one man's struggle to preserve it. It is told using a unique approach to documentary storytelling that challenges the boundaries of fiction and reality. Amin Aghaie is a young modern nomad from the south of Iran. He has dedicated his life to preserving, documenting and teaching the unique musical tradition of his people, the Qashqai tribe, a tradition on the verge of extinction. Despite the fact that Amin's family face steep financial and cultural obstacles, they are devoted to their art and culture and express that by supporting the work of their talented musician son. Every summer, Amin travels to remote towns and villages to record the music of the surviving masters whose numbers decline each year. His nomadic family sell their meager belongings to help support their son's education in performance and ethnomusicology at Tchaikovsky's Conservatory in Kiev, Ukraine, but it is not enough. Amin, desperate to finish his academic education, sells his violins one at a time just to pay for his tuition. Awards: Award of Excellence at Yamagata Documentary Film Festival in 2011; Asian Vision Award at Taiwan International Documentary 2010; Film Festival Special Distinction at Dubai International Film Festival in 2010; Nominated for Best Documentary, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, in 2011.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012-06-06
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015
Author / Creator
Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Speaker / Narrator
Amin Aghaie, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Amin Aghaie, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Qashqai, Arts administration, Ethnomusicology
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Used by permission of Shahin Parhami.
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Angels are Made of Light
directed by James Longley, 1972-; produced by James Longley, 1972- (New York, NY: Grasshopper Film, 2018), 1 hour 57 mins
A stirring and beautiful documentary from Academy Award nominated director James Longley (Iraq in Fragments), Angels Are Made of Light traces the lives of young students and their teachers at a school in the old city of Kabul. Interweaving the modern history of Afghanistan with present-day portraits, the film offe...
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directed by James Longley, 1972-; produced by James Longley, 1972- (New York, NY: Grasshopper Film, 2018), 1 hour 57 mins
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A stirring and beautiful documentary from Academy Award nominated director James Longley (Iraq in Fragments), Angels Are Made of Light traces the lives of young students and their teachers at a school in the old city of Kabul. Interweaving the modern history of Afghanistan with present-day portraits, the film offers an intimate and nuanced vision of a society living in the shadow of war.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James Longley, 1972-
Author / Creator
James Longley, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Topic / Theme
Afghans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Grasshopper Film
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Banana Split
directed by Kip Fulbeck, 1965-; produced by Kip Fulbeck, 1965- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1991), 38 mins
Kip Fulbeck explores identity and biracial ethnicity issues, focusing on his parents' relationship with each other and their respective acclimations and rejections of each other's cultures. Through interwoven narratives and media clips, this video also addresses ethnic dating patterns and stereotypes of Asian Amer...
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directed by Kip Fulbeck, 1965-; produced by Kip Fulbeck, 1965- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1991), 38 mins
Description
Kip Fulbeck explores identity and biracial ethnicity issues, focusing on his parents' relationship with each other and their respective acclimations and rejections of each other's cultures. Through interwoven narratives and media clips, this video also addresses ethnic dating patterns and stereotypes of Asian American men.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kip Fulbeck, 1965-
Author / Creator
Kip Fulbeck, 1965-
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Center for Asian American Media
Topic / Theme
Dating and courtship, Racial identity, Stereotypes, Biracial people, Interracial marriages, Asians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1991 by Center for Asian American Media
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Being Indian, Sanju's Story
directed by Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012; produced by Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012, SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2009), 26 mins
Seven year old Sanju Benia literally lives on the wrong side of the tracks. A railway line cuts straight through her remote tribal village. Her only option is to cross the track – and watch out for the trains that thunder past. Sanju is an Untouchable, the lowest of the low. But because she lives in a tribal vil...
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directed by Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012; produced by Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012, SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2009), 26 mins
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Seven year old Sanju Benia literally lives on the wrong side of the tracks. A railway line cuts straight through her remote tribal village. Her only option is to cross the track – and watch out for the trains that thunder past. Sanju is an Untouchable, the lowest of the low. But because she lives in a tribal village and not in mainstream Indian society, Sanju has a slightly better quality of life. But life for Sanju and her family is still a co...
Seven year old Sanju Benia literally lives on the wrong side of the tracks. A railway line cuts straight through her remote tribal village. Her only option is to cross the track – and watch out for the trains that thunder past. Sanju is an Untouchable, the lowest of the low. But because she lives in a tribal village and not in mainstream Indian society, Sanju has a slightly better quality of life. But life for Sanju and her family is still a constant struggle.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012, SW Pictures, Anya Sitaram
Author / Creator
Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
Being Indian
Speaker / Narrator
Anya Sitaram
Topic / Theme
Domestic life, Indian people, Humanities, Fijians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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Being Indian, Biru's Story
directed by Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012; produced by Richard Wilson, Dick Bower and Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
In the eyes of Indian society, Biru Malik, a nine-year-old boy living in a remote village in Bihar, is regarded as one of the lowest of the low. Biru is an Untouchable. He has been excluded from education and spends his day herding the family pigs. Biru is resigned to his future – but his parents are not.
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directed by Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012; produced by Richard Wilson, Dick Bower and Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
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In the eyes of Indian society, Biru Malik, a nine-year-old boy living in a remote village in Bihar, is regarded as one of the lowest of the low. Biru is an Untouchable. He has been excluded from education and spends his day herding the family pigs. Biru is resigned to his future – but his parents are not.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Richard Wilson, Dick Bower, Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Saritha Wilkinson, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
Being Indian
Topic / Theme
Domestic life, Education, Indian people, Humanities, Arabs, Jews
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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Being Indian, Isha's Story
produced by SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
Isha Dua is one of the lucky ones. As the 15-year-old daughter of middle-class parents she enjoys a private education. She is eloquent, intelligent and compared to millions of other children in Delhi, she lives a very privileged life. Isha realises just how lucky she really is when she sees how life might have bee...
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produced by SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
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Isha Dua is one of the lucky ones. As the 15-year-old daughter of middle-class parents she enjoys a private education. She is eloquent, intelligent and compared to millions of other children in Delhi, she lives a very privileged life. Isha realises just how lucky she really is when she sees how life might have been at a conference about the abolition of child marriage.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures, Anya Sitaram
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
Being Indian
Speaker / Narrator
Anya Sitaram
Topic / Theme
Cities, Domestic life, Education, Indian people, Humanities, Jews, Mochica
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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Being Indian, Renuka's Story
produced by SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
Life is at a crossroads for Renuka Yenkoba, a 12-year-old girl. She and her family are from the lowest of India’s four main castes, the shudras or labourers. She is on the threshold of adolescence and that means she will soon be married. Even though it’s illegal in India for girls to marry before they are eigh...
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produced by SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
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Life is at a crossroads for Renuka Yenkoba, a 12-year-old girl. She and her family are from the lowest of India’s four main castes, the shudras or labourers. She is on the threshold of adolescence and that means she will soon be married. Even though it’s illegal in India for girls to marry before they are eighteen, by that age virtually half of Indian woman already have a husband. Renuka is certain to be one of them.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
SW Pictures
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
Being Indian
Topic / Theme
Agrarian life, Domestic life, Education, Indian people, Women's health issues, Humanities, Jews
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Scott White Pictures.
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Between Two Worlds: A Japanese Pilgrimage
directed by Joanne Hershfield, 1950- and Susan Caperna Lloyd, fl. 1992; produced by Susan Caperna Lloyd, fl. 1992 and Joanne Hershfield, 1950- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1994), 30 mins,
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Source: www.berkeleymedia.com
For centuries, pilgrims have come to the Japanese island of Shikoku to trace the 1,000-mile route known as the 'Pilgrimage to the 88 Sacred Places of Shikoku', a journey believed to have been first undertaken by Kobo Daishi, founder of Buddhism's Shingon sect in the ninth century. This illuminating documentary is...
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directed by Joanne Hershfield, 1950- and Susan Caperna Lloyd, fl. 1992; produced by Susan Caperna Lloyd, fl. 1992 and Joanne Hershfield, 1950- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1994), 30 mins,
Source: www.berkeleymedia.com
Source: www.berkeleymedia.com
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For centuries, pilgrims have come to the Japanese island of Shikoku to trace the 1,000-mile route known as the 'Pilgrimage to the 88 Sacred Places of Shikoku', a journey believed to have been first undertaken by Kobo Daishi, founder of Buddhism's Shingon sect in the ninth century. This illuminating documentary is a visual meditation on the phenomenon of pilgrimage and, to a lesser extent, on the processes of ethnographic filmmaking. It combines i...
For centuries, pilgrims have come to the Japanese island of Shikoku to trace the 1,000-mile route known as the 'Pilgrimage to the 88 Sacred Places of Shikoku', a journey believed to have been first undertaken by Kobo Daishi, founder of Buddhism's Shingon sect in the ninth century. This illuminating documentary is a visual meditation on the phenomenon of pilgrimage and, to a lesser extent, on the processes of ethnographic filmmaking. It combines images of traditional and modern Japan, excerpts from the writings of Kobo Daishi, and commentary by pilgrims, everyday Japanese, and the filmmakers themselves to explore the meaning and persistence of 'pilgrimage' in contemporary industrial Japan. By examining the effects that rapid change has had on this ritual journey, the film asks: Why do people still undertake pilgrimages to 'sacred' places? This thought-provoking documentary will generate discussion in courses in Asian studies, Japanese studies, cultural anthropology, Buddhism, and comparative religion. It was produced by Joanne Hershfield and Susan Caperna Lloyd.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susan Caperna Lloyd, fl. 1992, Joanne Hershfield, 1950-
Author / Creator
Joanne Hershfield, 1950-, Susan Caperna Lloyd, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1992, 1994
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Buddhism, Pilgrimage, Religious beliefs, Japanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1994 Berkeley Media
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