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Author Rocklin, Jeremy

Title Dollars and dreams : West Africans in New York / by Jeremy Rocklin
Published Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (56 min.)
Series Ethnographic video online
Summary Dollars and Dreams is a documentary film focused on the pursuits and challenges of numerous West African immigrants as they confront the idea of the American Dream and the reality of the New York experience. Including additional perspective from scholars, authors, and community leaders, the film creates a vibrant portrait of African achievement throughout the city, while exploring the complicated issues African immigrants face as they balance their deep connections to Africa and their enthusiastic commitments to America
Credits Director, Jeremy Rocklin ; producers, Jeremy Rocklin and Abdel Kader Ouedrago
Event Recorded in New York, N.Y
Notes Print version record
Subject West Africans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions
West Africans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs
New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form Documentary
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentary.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films ethnographiques.
Form Streaming video
Author Ouedraogo, Abdel Kader