Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Chinese-Americans: Living in Two Worlds

Chinese-Americans: Living in Two Worlds

Her parents grew up in China. She grew up in New York City’s Chinatown. What is the immigrant experience like for second-generation Americans? Filmed in cinema verité style, this ABC News program tells the story of a young Chinese-American woman, her siblings, and her parents. Armed with a college degree and facing a life in which she is sometimes considered too Chinese to be American and too American to be Chinese, where should she begin her career? In Manhattan, or in Hong Kong, where—ironically—there are even better opportunities? (21 minutes)

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Item#: BVL11302
Copyright date: ©1999
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-3139-9
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9543-8


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