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Displaced in the New South
Displaced in the New South
1996 | 56mins
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Displaced in the New South
1996 | 56mins
In 1980, there were a few thousand Asian and Latino immigrants in Georgia. By 1994, there were more than 300,000. Displaced in the New South explores the cultural collision…
This Is My Home Now
This Is My Home Now
2015 | 26mins
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This Is My Home Now
2015 | 26mins
This is My Home Now explores the lives of four youths from three Montagnard immigrant families who have fled their homelands in Southeast Asia to forge a new future in North…
Rebuilding the Temple
Rebuilding the Temple
1991 | 57mins
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Rebuilding the Temple
1991 | 57mins
After fleeing their country and the Khmer Rouge, this one hour documentary examines the Cambodian refugees‘ efforts to adjust to Western life and the significant role played by…
Moving Mountains
Moving Mountains
1989 | 58mins
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Moving Mountains
1989 | 58mins
High in the mountains of Laos the Yiu Mien lived as they had for centuries until the Vietnam War forced them to leave their homeland and come to America....catapulted from one…
Weaving Bitter with the Sweet
Weaving Bitter with the Sweet
2003 | 30mins
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Weaving Bitter with the Sweet
2003 | 30mins
A portrait of a Lao refugee woman Mone Saenphimmachak who seeks to overcome loss through the weaving for which her people are famous. Mone Saenphimmachak is a National Heritage…
Look Forward and Carry on the Past
Look Forward and Carry on the Past
2002 | 26mins
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Look Forward and Carry on the Past
2002 | 26mins
“Look Forward and Carry on the Past": Stories from Philadelphia’s Chinatown” illustrates the strength and complexity of Philadelphia’s only remaining community of color in the…

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