| Description |
1 online resource (59 min.) |
| Summary |
Program celebrates President Carter's bill proclaiming May 4 - May 10 Asian Pacific Heritage Week in honor of the cultural traditions of Asian Americans. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with Dr. David Sakura (part of Boston's Asian Pacific Heritage Week planning committee and member of the Japanese American Citizen's League) and Tin Yue Wan (a noted Chinese artist) in separate interviews. Topics of discussion with Sakura include the meaning of Asian Pacific Heritage Week, the difficulties in getting such a bill passed, the educational work of the Japanese American Citizens League, and Japanese detention camps in the United States during World War II. Topics with Wan include the five styles of Chinese painting, how his work has been received, and what his life was like in Hong Kong. Program includes a mini "gallery talk" by Wan. Translation of Wan's responses to Murray provided by Wan's daughter. Program includes a previously aired dance segment from Program 822, "Celebrate the Year of the Horse." |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed June 21, 2017) |
| Event |
Originally broadcast June 15, 1979 |
| Notes |
In English |
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Japanese American Citizens' League.
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| SUBJECT |
Japanese American Citizens' League. fast (OCoLC)fst00564002 |
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Asian Americans -- Social conditions
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
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Japanese Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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Painting, Chinese.
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Asian Americans -- Social conditions.
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Japanese Americans.
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Painting, Chinese.
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Massachusetts -- Boston.
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interviews.
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Interviews.
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Filmed dance.
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Television talk shows.
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Television talk shows.
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Interviews.
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Filmed dance.
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Interviews.
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Danse filmée.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Sakura, David, interviewee
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Barrow-Murray, Barbara, host, interviewer
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Wan, Tin Yue, interviewee
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WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.
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