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Author Kwan, Paul

Title Anatomy of a springroll / written and directed by Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger, co-producer, Paul Lundahl
Published New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (57 min.)
Series Springroll Triology ; 1
Filmakers Library online
Springroll Triology ; 1
Summary "Food is everyone s first language," says Paul Kwan, the Vietnamese-born immigrant who fashioned this film out of the rich sensory memories of his childhood. He tells his story of finding a new life in America while maintaining his cultural connection through cooking, eating and sharing the rich and varied food of his native land. This dazzling film is a gigantic stirfry of savory images - Paul and his mother cooking in his San Francisco kitchen, street vendors simmering their soups, bustling markets piled with peppers, cilantro, and chilis. In America, cooking is often a solitary experience, but in Vietnam it is a family affair, with everyone cutting, chopping, and stirring while chattering. An undercurrent of longing for the motherland runs through this nostalgic film. The death of his father in Vietnam is the occasion for his visit to Saigon. Now at last memory and reality are reconciled, and he is ready to return to his adoptive country. This film is the first in a trilogy, with Pins and Noodles and Wok in Progress
Notes Previously published as DVD
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011)
Audience For High School; College; Adult audiences
Notes English
8th Annual Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival, 1993
Association for Asian Studies, 1995
Special Jury Award, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1993
Subject Kwan, Paul
SUBJECT Kwan, Paul fast
Subject Asian Americans.
Cooking, Vietnamese -- Social aspects
Immigrants -- California -- San Francisco
Immigrants -- United States.
Vietnamese Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- California -- San Francisco
Vietnamese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Ethnic identity
Asian Americans
Immigrants
Manners and customs
Vietnamese Americans -- Cultural assimilation
Vietnamese Americans -- Ethnic identity
SUBJECT San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Subject California -- San Francisco
United States
Genre/Form Documentary
Documentary.
Form Streaming video
Author Iger, Arnold
Lundahl, Paul