The new Americans /

The new Americans /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[United States] : Kartemquin Educational Films, 2008.
Description:	2 videodiscs (411 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English Spanish
Subject:	Americanization. Dominicans (Dominican Republic) -- Cultural assimilation -- United States. Nigerians -- Cultural assimilation -- United States. Palestinian Arabs -- Cultural assimilation -- United States. East Indians -- Cultural assimilation -- United States. Mexicans -- Cultural assimilation -- United States. Americanization. East Indians -- Cultural assimilation. Emigration and immigration. Immigrant families. Immigrants. Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation. Immigrants -- Economic conditions. Immigrants -- Social conditions. Mexicans -- Cultural assimilation. United States -- Emigration and immigration. United States. Documentary films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Biographical television programs. Biography. Documentary television programs. History. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7933193

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Other uniform titles:	Independent lens (Television program)
Other authors / contributors:	Saedi, Gita. Bashey, Ismail. Simpson, David E. James, Steve. Quinn, Gordon. Aikin, Susana. Aparicio, Carlos. Blumenthal, Jerry. Independent Television Service. Kartemquin Films.
ISBN:	1565808207 9781565808201
Notes:	Special features: Additional scenes; Where are they now? slideshow. Directors (Dominican story), Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio ; directors (Palestinian story), Jerry Blumental, Gordon Quinn ; director (Nigerian story), Steve James ; editors, David E. Simpson, Steve James ; series producer, Gita Saedi ; executive producers, Steve James, Gordon Quinn ; presented by Independent Television Service. Narrator, Ismail Bashey. Originally broadcast as an episode of Independent Lens, Mar. 29, 2004. DVD, widescreen. In English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Summary:	Follows four years of the lives of a group of contemporary immigrants as they journey to start new lives in America, including a couple from India in Silicon Valley, a Mexican meatpacker in rural Kansas, two families of Nigerian refugees, two baseball players from the Dominican Republic joining the L.A. Dodgers, and a newly-wed Palestinian woman in Chicago. The detailed portraits of these immigrants not only result in a kaleidoscope of immigrant life but offer 'first impressions' of America.
Standard no.:	736899122720
Publisher's no.:	DV97605 Kartemquin Educational Films K0901 KTQ Films

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Summary:	Follow four years of the lives of a group of contemporary immigrants as they journey to start new lives in America. The detailed portraits of these immigrants not only result in a kaleidoscope of immigrant life but offer 'first impressions' of America.
Item Description:	Special features: Additional scenes; Where are they now? slideshow.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (411 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, widescreen.
Production Credits:	Directors (Dominican story), Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio ; directors (Palestinian story), Jerry Blumental, Gordon Quinn ; director (Nigerian story), Steve James ; editors, David E. Simpson, Steve James ; series producer, Gita Saedi ; executive producers, Steve James, Gordon Quinn ; presented by Independent Television Service.
ISBN:	1565808207 9781565808201