Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu October 2006

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
Immigrants

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

Age of hope, 1900 1998

The dawn of the twentieth century was forged in hope and optimism. Here interviewees from Europe, Asia and the United States recount the part they played in the century's early history. Whether fighting on the barricades of the failed Russian Revolution of 1905 or campaigning for votes for women; recalling the Paris Exposition of 1900, or President McKinley's assassination or witnessing the sinking of the Titanic, all remember the changes they lived through and the clash of forces and ideas before World War I.

1 videocassette (56 min) :

MEDIA 2-5620, 3839, 4086a

All across America 1997

Documents the Irish immigration to the United States in the 19th century. The Irish were poorly received in America, nevertheless they spread out across the country and built communities for themselves. The success of three individuals--John L. Sullivan, John Mackay, and Marcus Daly--is highlighted.

1 videocassette (115 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4273

Americano as apple pie the blending of culture 2001

A look at the "three houses of Latino culture"--Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American--and their widespread influence, from entertainment to politics to economics. Key issues include how long Hispanic peoples have been in America, and how U.S. immigration laws affect their assimilation.

1 videodisc (30 min.) :

MEDIA 10-126

Americano as apple pie the yearning to be-- 2001

A detailed look at the fastest growing minority in the United States and what it means to be Latino and American. The film contrasts the experience of being a Latino in a flourishing ethnic neighborhood of a big city with living in a small town where many Latinos feel isolated.

1 videodisc (30 min.) :

MEDIA 10-127

The Americans the Latin American and Caribbean presence in the U. S 1993

Reviews the history and impact of Spanish American immigration on the United States and on the immigrants.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1922

Ancestors in the Americas Chinese in the frontier west, an American story 1998

Chronicles the arrival of the Chinese during the 1850s to 1880s in California during the Gold Rush period and their subsequent settlement in the Western states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. Includes the history of their labor, community building and activism for justice and equality in the courts of mid-19th century America.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1547 2-5070

Ancestors in the Americas coolies, sailors, settlers 1996

The untold story of how Asians--Filipino, Chinese, Asian Indian--first arrived in the Americas. The film crosses centuries and oceans from the 16th century Manila-Acapulco trade, to the Opium War, to the 19th century plantation coolie labor in South America and the Caribbean.

1 videocassette (64 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 757 2-5605

And thereafter 2003

Seventy-six year-old Young-Ja Wike is one of 10,000 Korean women who married American G.I.'s after the Korean War. For these women marriage was the only escape from the crushing poverty of post-war Korea. Now "Grandma" lives in south New Jersey with her husband. Never having learned to speak English fluently, she is isolated from the community and her family as well.

1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-6963

The Asianization of America 1988

Describes the increasing role of Asians in American business and in society. Examines how this trend is affecting American society.

1 videocassette (26 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3001

Asylum 2003

Upon her father insisting that she undergo a circumcision and then marry an old man, a young woman escapes Ghana for the United States.

1 videocassette (20 min.)

MEDIA 2-6541

Avalon 1991

The story of several generations of a family, from the arrival of immigrant Sam Krichinsky in the suburb of Baltimore called Avalon down through his children and grandchildren. The family goes from poverty to prosperity and the world changes around them, but their love and humor hold the family together.

1 videocassette (ca. 126 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1724

Baraka 1997

Focuses on how Munid merchants have become a familiar sight in large metropolitan areas, ranging from Dakar, Marseilles, Anvers, New York, and Milan. They are very adaptable, and are driven by a strong work ethic.

1 videocassette (52 min.) :

DANA 1431

Baran 2002

Following up on his masterfully told art house successes, The Children of Heaven and The Color of Paradise, Majid Majidi directs this quietly affecting tale about illegal Afghan immigrants living and working in Iran.

1 videodisc :

MEDIA 10-144

Becoming American 1983

Follows a Hmong refugee family from northern Laos awaiting resettlement in a remote refugee camp in northern Thailand, from the time its members learn of their acceptance as immigrants, to the time they are settled in Seattle, Washington.

1 videocassette (59 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2964

Bharati Mukherjee : conquering America 1994

Writer Bharati Mukherjee discusses America's newest Asian immigrants like herself, as well as the tension, struggles, and dreams in the enculturation process.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2584

Blue collar and Buddha a documentary 1996

Explores the dilemma of Laotian refugees living in Rockford, Illinois who are torn between preserving their cultural identity and adapting to their new life in America. Re-settlement is complicated by rising tensions with neighbors, many of whom resent the Laotians' economic gains and view their Buddhism with hostility.

1 videocassette (57 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3995

Bontoc eulogy 2003

A personal and poignant docudrama that examines the Filipino experience at the 1904 St. Louis World's fair, and America's turn-of-the-century attitude toward the racial "other".

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)

MEDIA 2-6783

Born in East L.A 1988

A U.S. citizen from East Los Angeles is accidentally departed to Mexico without any identification, and is unable to convince immigration officials to let him back into the States.

1 videocassette (85 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2418

Bread & roses 2001

A group of Latino immigrants working as janitors in Los Angeles take a stand against the million dollar corporations who employ them.

1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-336

Brincando el charco portrait of a Puerto Rican 1994

Contemplates the notion of "identity" through the experiences of a Puerto Rican woman living in the U.S. In a mix of fiction, archival footage, processed interviews and soap opera drama, this film tells the story of Claudia Marin, a middle-class, light-skinned Puerto Rican, lesbian, photographer/videographer who is attempting to construct a sense of community in the U.S.

1 videocassette (55 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5189

Bui do`i life like dust 1995

A young adult Vietnamese immigrant, currently serving time in prison for armed robbery, recounts his evolution from a 13 year old immigrant to a life of crime. He relates his immigration from a Vietnamese refugee camp to California, his entry into American schools, his subsequent involvement with Asia American gangs followed by criminal activity and prison.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-7392

Carved in silence Documentary about Chinese immigration to the United States and the discriminatory U.S. immigration policy toward Asians. Tells the dramatic story of Angel Island where Chinese Americans were detained and vigorously questioned for sometimes up to three years before being allowed to enter the country.

1 videocassette (45 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3913

The Chinatown files 2001

Seven men and women speak out on how they and their friends were investigated and persecuted by government agents during the McCarthy witch-hunts of the fifties.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-6396

La ciudad The city 1999

"With ... intensive collaboration with the New York Latino immigrant community over a five-year period, The City [La Ciudad] weaves a rich narrative tapestry of present day immigrant life. The film's four unforgettable stories center on a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet in the projects and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops"--Publisher's Web site.

1 videocassette (88 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5372, 10-543

The colonization of North America: French settlements 2003

This program focuses on New France, the French designation for North American territories, reasons why the French immigration was not as successful as the English, the importance of fun trade, and the role that Native Americans played in New France.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-7186

Cultural identity vs. acculturation implications for theory, research, and practice 2002

There in ongoing discussion regarding the impact of acculturation on cultural identity development. Featuring the commentary of Manuel Ramirez, this video questions whether acculturation to mainstream culture means the inevitable relinquishment of ethnic identity. It provides historical and contemporary perspectives on the issue for indibiduals of Mexican heritage.

1 videocassette (45 min.) :

MEDIA 2-6282

A day without a Mexican 2004

California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 milion is their Hispanic heritage.

1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.)

MEDIA 10-350

Dollar a day, ten cents a dance a historic portrait of Filipino farmworkers in America 1995

Presents a portrait of Filipino farm laborers who came to the United States in the 1920s and 1930s expecting a more prosperous life-style. Voicing their recollections these now elderly men reveal the poverty and social and cultural difficulties they experienced.

1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-7397

Dreaming rivers 1988

After the death of their mother, who emigrated to England from St. Lucia to be with their father, two sisters and a brother of white English and Black Caribbean parentage attempt to fathom her psyche, her homesickness and depression after their father left the family, and their own ambiguous sense of identity and belonging.

1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-7332

Dreams ensnared the Dominican migration to New York 1994

Focuses on the problems confronting Dominican immigrants in New York and their reasons for coming to the United States.

1 videocassette (21 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2854

Dreams of distant shores 1985

Celebrates the Statue of Liberty as hostess to a most extraordinary migration. Mixes archival films with many unpublished stills to recount what immigrants left behind and what they found in the United States.

1 videocassette (29 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2743

Eat a bowl of tea 1989

In New York's Chinatown of the late 1940's, young Ben Loy, fresh out of the service, has his whole life spread out before him--including a job, an apartment and a marriage arranged by his father.

1 videocassette (104 min.) :

DANA 511

Echando raices Taking root : immigrant and refugee communities in California, Texas and Iowa 2002

Shares stories from some of the immigrant community organizations that work in partnership with the American Friends Service Committee.

1 videocassette (120 min.)

MEDIA 2-6746

El Super 1989

"A humorous and touching view of Cuban exiles living in a basement apartment during a snowy winter in New York. El Super is the story of Roberto, a superintendent, who dreams of his warm and friendly homeland, and stubbornly refuses to assimilate into the new culture"--Container.

1 videocassette (90 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5361

Exodus 1947 2004

Tells the story of a ship that had been a luxury steamship called the President Warfield. It was used as a transport ship during World War II but shortly after the war it was renamed Exodus 1947 and was used to carry Jewish refugees from Europe to Palestine to help found Israel. This mass migration was orchestrated by the Jewish organization, Haganah.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-6751

Far away Portuguese in California 1994

A historical and cultural overview of the Portuguese presence in California. Surveys the history of Portuguese immigration to the West Coast of America and examines the important economic, social and cultural contributions of Portuguese immigrants to the dairy industry, whaling, fishing and agriculture. Concludes with a celebration of current day Portuguese customs indicative of their strong adherence to Portuguese traditions.

1 videocassette (70 min.) :

DANA 1400

Farmingville 2004

Documentary film about the next group of immigrants, the Mexicans, that are following in our long history of immigration. It looks at the people of Farmingville, New York, and at how they are dealing with the influx of about 1,500 Mexican workers.

1 videocassette (ca. 78 min.)

MEDIA 2-6662

Fear and learning at Hoover Elementary 1997

A documentary by Los Angeles teacher Laura Angelica Simón, exploring the impact of California's Proposition 187 on the immigrant community.

1 videocassette (ca. 53 min.) :

DANA 1902

Filipino Americans discovering their past for the future 1994

Documentary on Filipino Americans, who are the oldest and one of the largest Asian-American ethnic populations in the United States.

1 videocassette (54 min.) :

DANA 836

The Geography of hope 1996

By the 1870s the American conquest of the West was nearly complete. In one decade, with Native Americans effectively confined to reservations, some four-and-a-half million new settlers would arrive to stake their claim to the future. Pap Singleton, an ex-slave from Tennessee, became the era's "Black Moses," leading his people to the free soil of Kansas. A frail New York politician, Teddy Roosevelt, transformed himself into a rugged North Dakota rancher, and eventually, president of the United States. And as Americans tried to "tame" the West, the nation's greatest showman, Buffalo Bill Cody, instead offered adoring crowds his enthusiastic version of a "Wild West"--heroic, glorious, romantic, and most of all, mythic.

1 videocassette (87 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1269 2-3225 2-4236

The great hunger 1997

Follows the Irish immigration to America. This episode explores the great potato famine, which precipitated the mass emigration.

1 videocassette (85 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4272

A great wonder 2003

Traces the journey of three young Sudanese orphans who have spent the majority of their lives either in flight from war or in refugee camps in Ethiopia and northern Kenya to their arrival and resettlement in Seattle, Washington.

1 videocassette (ca. 62 min.)

MEDIA 2-6983

H2 worker 1990

Each year 10,000 Caribbean men are selectively chosen by American sugar corporations to harvest sugar cane for six months in Florida under temporary "H-2" visas. "H-2 worker" is a film exposing the brutal, systematic exploitation of Jamaican guest workers by the Florida sugar cane industry.

1 videocassette (70 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1700

ha-Kayits shel Aviyah The summer of Aviya 1996

Presents Gila Almagor's autobiographical film, based on her book, about a Holocaust survivor who immigrates with her daughter to the newly founded Israeli state. Aviya is a spunky 10 old year girl who, like her mother, is a survivor in the face of persecution.

1 videocassette (ca. 96 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5464

Heaven will protect the working girl 1993

Period still and motion pictures and words derived from interviews, memoirs, newspapers and other sources are assembled to show the life of immigrant shirtwaist makers in New York City during the first decade of the 20th century. Illustrates the strike movement and their arrests.

1 videocassette (28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2087

Home is struggle historias paralelas 1991

Explores the lives of women who have immigrated to the United States from different Latin American countries for very different reasons, economic and political. In sharing their stories they present an absorbing picture of the construction of Latina identity and the immigrant experience.

1 videocassette (37 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2777

The Hungarian spark in America 2000?

This videorecording describes the contributions of Hungarian-Americans to American society.

1 videocassette (12 min.) :

HUNGARIAN 7

Immigration and cultural change 1996

"Old" and "new' immigration; the world of the immigrants; a new working class, the limits of mobility and ethnic diversity; the Chinese Exclusion Act; new forms of leisure and mass entertainment; the American Dream.

1 videocassettes (ca. 35 min.)

MEDIA 2-6606

In no one's shadow Filipinos in America 1995

Surveys the social history of Filipinos in the U.S., especially during the 20th century. Includes interviews with California residents of Philippine origin.

1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-6829

Journal inachevé 1995

Focuses on personal experiences of an immigrant family from Chile and the problems and adjustments they experience.

1 videocassette (55 min.) :

MEDIA 2-6202

Journey to America 1989

A tribute to over 12 million men, women and children who made the torturous journey from the old world to the new between 1890-1920.

1 videocassette (58 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2113 2-4019

The Joy Luck Club 1993

Juxtaposes scenes from the lives of four Chinese women in pre-1949 China and the lives of their American-born daughters to show how the mothers' experiences in China and as immigrants in the United States shaped their dreams for their daughters' lives.

1 videocassette (139 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2611

A.k.a. Don Bonus 1998

Event Note: Release of a film originally produced in 1995This documentary is a self-portrait of a young Cambodian immigrant growing up in America today. Shot by Sokly Ny himself, it shows his struggles to graduate and survive his complicated life during his senior year of high school.

1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-7395

Keten van liefde Chain of love 2001

"A film about the Philippines' second largest export product-- maternal love-- and how this export affects the women involved, their families in the Philippines, and families in the West"--Container.

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7212

Legado Legacy 2001

In August 1889, the steamship Wesser docked in Argentina, carrying the country's first group of Jewish immigrants, who were fleeing the Tsarist regime in Russia. They bought agricultural land, built schools, synagogues, and became the "Jewish gauchos." The granddaughter of one of those immigrants describes the struggles of her ancestors in the new world. This documentary recounts the story of those pioneers, based on interviews with the oldest members of today's Jewish community.

1 videocassette (72 min.)

MEDIA 2-7224 2-7225

The Lemon Grove incident 1985

"The struggle to end school segregation in usually linked to the 1954 Supreme Court case of Brown vs. the Board of Education. However, many of the nation's earliest desegregation cases occurred in the American Southwest and they involved the children of Mexican immigrants. This is the true story of one of those cases."--Opening credits.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5231

Maid in America 2004

This video takes a look into the lives of three Latina immigrants working as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles. The issue of worker' rights is introduced in the film.

1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-7214

Managing diversity 1992

This program looks at how the influx of women, minorities and immigrants into the American workforce is transforming corporations and labor unions.

1 videocassette (28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1943

Mémoires d'immigrés 2004

In this three-part documentary on Maghrebian immigration to France, Yamina Benguigui weaves together narratives from three different times.

1 videodisc (173 min.)

MEDIA 10-660

A Migrant's heart 1996

An English actor who's parents came from India and then migrated to East Africa and finally England returns to visit New Delhi, India, to seek his roots, and to work through ethnic identity problems which can result when one is caught between two worlds.

1 videocassette (27 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5759

Miss India Georgia 1997

This documentary video follows four contestants in the Miss India Georgia pagent. It tells the story of their experiences as first generation Americans. These young women disclose the complexity of their feelings about growing up in the U.S. as children of immigrant parents.

1 videocassette (56 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3387

Mississippi masala 1992

In this exotic and erotic interracial love story, an African-American, owner of a small carpet cleaning service, falls for a beautiful Indian immigrant, only to encounter shock and outrage from both families.

1 videocassette (117 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1402 2-5001

My American girls a Dominican story 2000

Dominicans are New York's largest and fastest growing immigrant group. This film chronicles the lives of immigrants from the Dominican Republic to New York City through one family with three daughters. Each daughter is traveling down a different road as their mother, Sandra, struggles to do right by each of them, as they grapple with being a bicultural family while negotiating the hurdles of their adopted city.

1 videocassette (53 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5448

My town = Mio paése 1986

A steady flow of immigrants from Palermiti, a hillside village in Calabria, southern Italy, has been coming to America since the early 1900's. Although they abandoned their homeland for a better life in the New World, these immigrants brought with them strong and lasting family, religious and cultural traditions.

1 videocassette (26 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1612

The new Americans 2003

Depicts the journeys of five families from their homes in the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Mexico and India to new lives in the United States.

3 videocassettes (ca. 400 min.)

MEDIA 2-6796 - 2-6798

Obachan's garden 2003

Performer Note: Narrator, Linda OhamaIn the wake of the 1923 earthquake that devastated Tokyo, 25-year-old Asayo Murakami left Japan--and her husband and two children--to resettle in Canada. Using dramatizations, newsreel footage, family photos, and interviews with 103-year-old Asayo--Obachan, or Grandmother, as her extended Canadian family calls her--this program traces one woman's tumultuous life story. From her early years in Japan, to her arrival in British Columbia as a mail-order bride, to her internment during World War II, to a reunion with a long-lost daughter, Obachan's remarkable personal story illustrates the Asian immigrant experience during the 20th century.

1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-224

The other side El otro lado 2001

Examines the devastating impact of Mexican-United States migration. This program looks at villagers who strive to ensure that their children will no longer have to migrate to have a better life.

1 videocassette (28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5917

Out of Ireland 1995

pt. 1. Out of Ireland -- pt. 2. Love and libertyExamines the history of the seven million Irish who emigrated to America in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries including the causes of the exodus and the immigrant experience in the United States. Uses photographs, archival footage, manuscript material and interviews with Irish immigrants to describe their experiences and the profound influence they have had on American culture.

2 videocassettes (167 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3115 cassette 1 2-3116 cassette 2 2-4211 cassette 3 2-4212 cassette 4

Point of attack 2004

Looks at the U.S. government's policy since September 11, 2001 towards immigrants from Middle Eastern and South Asian countries that are predominantly Muslim. Charges that the compulsory registration of men from these countries and the mass detention and deportation of Muslim immigrants are discriminatory actions based on religion.

1 videocassette (46 min.)

MEDIA 2-7146

The Quran and the American dream 2000

In the U.S., Islam is prospering as never before - but some Americans are beginning to fear the burgeoning power of that group, currently 8 million strong. This program traces the rapid expansion of Islam in New York City, where it sustains and brings hope to Muslim citizens, recent Muslim immigrants, and converts drawn primarily from the downtrodden sectors of society. The program also features the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which strives to root out legal injustices and dispel prejudicial stereotypes.

1 videocassette (52 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5537

Rabbit in the moon 2001?

" ... a documentary/memoir about the lingering effects of the World War II internment of the Japanese American community ... Visually stunning and emotionally compelling ... examines issue[s] that ultimately created deep rifts within the community, reveals the racist subtext of the loyalty questionnaire and exposes the absurdity of the military draft within the camps. These testimonies are linked by the filmmakers' own experiences in the camps and placed in a larger historical context by the voice of the director ... "--Container.

1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-6412

Remote sensing 2001

This video essay discusses the routes and reasons women travel across the globe for work in the sex industry.

1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-7217

Richard Rodriguez victim of two cultures 1994

Presents Rodriguez's experiences of growing up in America as the son of immigrants, the loss of his "Mexican soul", and his first exposure to American culture. Discussion focuses also on the differences between Mexican and American cultures, including Rodriguez' observations on America's growing sense of loss and the essence of American society today.

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :

DANA 695

Roots in the sand 1998

Through a combined use of extensive archival material and personal interviews, this documentary examines the lives of the Sikh, Moslem and Hindu immigrants of the early 20th century who farmed California's desert regions, particularly the Imperial Valley. There they had to circumvent racism, miscegenation laws, barriers to land ownership and citizenship and even Anglo farmers seeking vengeance.

1 videocassette (57 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5446

The Russians are here 1983

Contrasts Russian emigrés' feelings of freedom before and after their immigration to the United States. Examines how abstract ideas like freedom are influenced by culture.

1 videocassette (58 min.) :

MEDIA 2-312

A scattering of seeds: Episode 26: The Haitian heart of love the creation of Canada 1998

Karl Lévêque came to Canada from Haiti in 1959, and settled in Québec. Priest and bon vivant, philosopher and karate aficionado, a man of privacy and a radio host, Lévêque came from bourgeois origins and dedicated his life to the poor. Many Haitians came to Québec in the early sixties and Karl Lévêque became their protector. In this film, taxi drivers, Christian activists, teachers and home workers alike remember Karl as their friend.

1 videocassette (ca. 23 min.)

MEDIA 2-7363

Sewing woman 1982

Tells the story of one woman's determination to leave war-torn China and build a new life in the United States. Based on the life of Zem Ping Dong who worked in sewing factories for over thirty years.

1 videocassette (14 min.) :

MEDIA D-328

Silent sacrifices voices of the Filipino American family 2001

Explores the Filipino American first and second generation immigrant experience. Discusses what it is like to grow up in an immigrant family and what it means to be Filipino American.

1 videorecording (28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-6106

Slaughtered in Hugo 2002

Film is a documentary that looks at a cultural controversy between the white residents of Hugo and the Hmong American community.

1 videocassette (29 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2367

So far from India 1983

Describes the experiences of a recently arrived Indian immigrant in America, contrasting them with the traditional world of his new bride whom he left behind in India. Seeks to explore the conflicts that arise when Indian culture meets American society.

1 videocassette (49 min.)

MEDIA 2-7509

The spirit travels immigrant music in America 1991

Surveys the musical contributions made by a variety of immigrant groups to the American culture. Celebrates how the gifts of native music, traditions and cultural expressions have enriched the cultural diversity of American music.

1 videocassette (55 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3950

Stranger than paradise 1986

A witty New Wave comic tale about the Old World meeting the New. The story concerns three misfits, one of them a young girl who is a recent immigrant from Hungary, who decide to seek their fortunes together in America, the land of plenty. But their vacation-adventure to Florida turns out to be strangely off-season.

1 videocassette (90 min.) :

DOUGLASS. MEDIA 80 2-271

Success 1997

Contrasts the lives of two successful Irish-Americans--Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Eugene O'Neill--showing how they exemplify Irish assimilation to American society.

1 videocassette (59 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4275

Tales from Arab Detroit 1995

"When an Arab American community center brings an Egyptian poet to perform a 1000-year-old epic, sparks fly. The result is a familiar American tale: parents trying to pass on cherished traditions and language, while their children are at home in a world of McDonald's and MTV"--Container.

1 videocassette (45 min.)

DANA 2025

Troop 100 Boy Scouts of America 2002

Film documents the first all-Hmong American Boy Scout Troop in Westminster, California.

1 videocassette (28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-162

Trouble on fashion avenue 1982

Explores the history and present state of New York City's garment industry. Includes a look at the conditions of labor in modern day sweat shops which exploit a new generation of immigrants and the influence of organized crime on management and in the garment workers' union itself.

1 videocassette (ca. 59 min.)

MEDIA D-115

Trouble on Fashion Avenue 1982

Explores the history and present state of New York City's garment industry. Includes a look at the conditions of labor in modern day sweat shops which exploit a new generation of immigrants and the influence of organized crime on management and in the garment workers' union itself.

1 videocassette (ca. 59 min.) :

MEDIA 10

Unbidden voices 1989

A moving portrait of an Indian immigrant woman from Punjab, India, who works 12 hours a day in a Chicago restaurant. Emphasis is on exploitation of immigrant women, feminism, and contrasting cultures.

1 videocassette (32 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3093

United States, 1902-1914 tomorrow the world 1989

Examines early filmmaking in the United States. Shows how America's immigrant masses were the earliest audience for films but also the ridiculed and stereotyped subjects of these films. Illustrates how American filmmakers discovered narrative but avoided social content and criticism as the middle class came to dominate the film audience. Includes excerpts from numerous erly films.

1 videocassette (26 min.) :

MEDIA 2-673

Up from city streets 1997

Documents the experiences of Irish immigrants to the United States during the 19th century. Follows the life of Al Smith as it describes the rise of Irish Americans to positions of influence in the cities.

1 videocassette (85 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4274

A wave from the Atlantic 1997

An eight part series presenting American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. In this fifth segment waves of immigrants in the early 20th century bring both their old culture and a thirst for the new. The tenements are documented by photographer Jacob Riis and the socially conscious Ashcan School. Then, after the historic 1913 Armory show, artists like Joseph Stella, Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz, forge a modernism that is uniquely American. Also presents the work of Robert Henri, George Bellows, Marcel Duchamp, Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mabel Dodge Luhand, Marsden Hartley and Frank Lloyd Wright.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4082

When Mother comes home for Christmas-- 1995

Josephine is a migrant worker from Sri Lanka appointed to take full time care of little Isadora in Greece. Josephine's own children are left to a less fortunate fate in the home country. After an absence of 8 years, Josephine travels to Sri Lanka to visit her children for a month and the camera captures the complicated feelings of loss and longing that are the inevitable companions to this transitory union.

1 videocassette (109 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5499

Who's going to pay for these donuts, anyway? 1999

Chronicles the filmakers' personal search for her father, whom she had not seen since age three. She finds him in a half-way house for the chronically mentally ill in Los Angeles' Skid Row. Film provides clear evidence of the profound effect of the Japanese American internment on generations of individuals.

1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-7394