Blue collar and Buddha /

This dramatic documentary explores America's most recent refugees, struggling against the mounting tension of a post-Viet Nam era filled with guilt and anger. A group of Laotian refugees have built a Buddhist temple on a small farmstead on the outskirts of a resolutely blue-collar town in Illin...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Olmos, Edward James (Narrator), Spector, Jim (Performer, composer (expression),)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[San Francisco, CA] : Center for Asian American Media, [1987]
Subjects:	Laotian Americans > Illinois > Rockford. Laotian Americans > Cultural assimilation. Rockford (Ill.) > Race relations. Rockford (Ill.) > Social conditions. Américains d'origine laotienne > Illinois > Rockford. Américains d'origine laotienne > Acculturation. Laotian Americans Laotian Americans > Cultural assimilation Race relations Social conditions Illinois > Rockford documentary film. Documentary films Internet videos. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Documentaires. Vidéos sur Internet. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	This dramatic documentary explores America's most recent refugees, struggling against the mounting tension of a post-Viet Nam era filled with guilt and anger. A group of Laotian refugees have built a Buddhist temple on a small farmstead on the outskirts of a resolutely blue-collar town in Illinois. Their efforts to preserve their culture and religious heritage have been greeted by several terrorist attacks on their temple.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (58 minutes)) : sound, color
Playing Time:	00:57:46
Production Credits:	Director of photography and lighting, Rana Segal ; editors, Deborah Marks, Taggart Siegal, Greg Snider ; music, Jim Spector.