| Description |
1 online resource (2 video files) (125 min.) : flv file, sound |
| Contents |
Coolies, sailors, settlers -- Chinese in the frontier West |
| Summary |
Pt. 1 tells the story of how Asians--Filipino, Chinese, Asian Indian--first arrived in the Americas. Film crosses centuries and oceans from the 16th century Manila-Acapulco trade, to the Opium War, to the 19th century plantation coolie labor in South America and the Caribbean. Pt. 2 relates the history of Chinese immigrants in California |
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This two-part series presents the history, challenges, and lasting impact of early Asian immigrants to the Americas, from the 1700s to the 1900s. The series follows their little-known journeys and stories, reveals their pioneering struggle against racial hatred and for basic rights, and depicts their lasting cultural, legal and economic contributions to the building of the Americas.. Using a "documemoir" approach, ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS brings to life this largely undocumented past and invites a new understanding of American history.. "Splendidly conceived and emotionally compelling, offering a new history of Asian America, indeed of America. The two programs contain a historical vision that is trend-setting. It is significant as art, but also as the writing of history, a claim very few documentary films can make."--Professor Gary Okihiro, Columbia University. "Editor's Choice. Eye-opening ... ambitious in scope, and exhaustive in coverage, this extraordinary series presents a fresh study of the Asian presence in the Americas."--Booklist |
| Analysis |
Ethnicity |
| Notes |
Originally produced by CET Films in 2001 |
| Credits |
Pt. 1: editor, Eric Ladenburg ; music, Zhou Long. Pt. 2: editor, Ken Schneider ; music, Eric Schurig |
| Performer |
Narrators: Sab Shimono, Pat Morita |
| Notes |
Closed captioned |
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In English |
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Online resource; title from title screen (Kanopy, viewed October 22, 2019) |
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Asian Americans -- History
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Chinese Americans -- History
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Filipino Americans -- History
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East Indian Americans -- History
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Immigrants -- America -- History
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Chinese -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Chinese Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Immigrants -- United States.
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Asians -- United States.
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Race relations.
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Filipino Americans.
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Emigration and immigration.
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East Indian Americans.
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Chinese Americans.
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Chinese.
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Asian Americans.
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Immigrants.
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Asians.
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Race relations.
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America -- Emigration and immigration -- History
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West United States.
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America.
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United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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History.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Internet videos.
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Documentaires.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Ding, Loni, producer, director, screenwriter.
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Shimono, Sab, narrator.
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Morita, Pat, 1932-2005, screenwrtier.
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Center for Educational Telecommunications, production company.
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National Asian American Telecommunications Association, presenter.
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Independent Television Service, presenter.
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