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Afterbirth
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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
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...
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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A.k.a. Don Bonus
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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
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...
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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Amin = امین
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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...
directed by Shahin Parhami, fl. 2007-2015 (Iran: Privately Published), 2 hours
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Angels are Made of Light
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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...
directed by James Longley, 1972-; produced by James Longley, 1972- (New York, NY: Grasshopper Film, 2018), 1 hour 57 mins
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Banana Split
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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
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...
directed by Kip Fulbeck, 1965-; produced by Kip Fulbeck, 1965- (San Francisco, CA: Center for Asian American Media, 1991), 38 mins
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Being Indian, Sanju's Story
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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
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...
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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Being Indian, Biru's Story
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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
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.
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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Being Indian, Isha's Story
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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...
produced by SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
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Being Indian, Renuka's Story
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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...
produced by SW Pictures, in Being Indian (London, England: SW Pictures, 2010), 23 mins
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Between Two Worlds: A Japanese Pilgrimage
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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
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...
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
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