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This series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, and cultural innovation. It is a timely look at the role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. In an era of U.S. expansion, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Jap...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Asian Americans (Television program).
Other Authors: Chiang, S. Leo (Screenwriter), Chalk, Victoria (Screenwriter), Velasco, Aldo (Screenwriter), Kim, Daniel Dae, 1968- (Narrator), Henry, Jerry (director of photography.), Maddala, Vivek (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Arlington, Virginia] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), [2020]
Subjects:
Asian Americans > History.
Asian Americans.
Racism against Asians > United States.
Immigrants > United States.
Asians > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Asia > Emigration and immigration.
Américains d'origine asiatique.
Asiatiques > États-Unis.
Asie > Émigration et immigration.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire.
Racisme à l'égard des Asiatiques > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
Asian Americans
Asians
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Asia
United States
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Television mini-series
Nonfiction television programs
Internet videos
History
Historical television programs
Documentary television programs
Internet videos.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Miniséries.
Émissions télévisées.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, and cultural innovation. It is a timely look at the role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. In an era of U.S. expansion, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. Eventually barred by anti-Asian laws, they become America's first "undocumented immigrants."
Item Description:Originally broadcast on television as the first episode of the series, Asian Americans on May 11, 2020.
Online resource; title from (viewed August 7, 2023)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 57 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Playing Time:00:56:13
Awards:Peabody Awards, Peabody Award - Documentary, 2021
Production Credits:Director of photography, Jerry Henry ; editor, Victoria Chalk ; original music, Vivek Maddala.