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| No. | Title | Description |
| 477 | Harold and Kumar go to White Castle | Two twenty-something stoner roommates -- one a Korean American investment banker; the other an Indian American medical school candidate -- go through a life changing journey, as they spend a night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers. |
| 478 | Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (extreme unrated) | Two twenty-something stoner roommates -- one a Korean American investment banker; the other an Indian American medical school candidate -- go through a life changing journey, as they spend a night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers. |
| 468 | Heaven and Earth | Fleeing the violence of the Viet Cong, Le Ly leaves her farming village with her mother for Saigon. After disgracing herself by becoming pregnant with her new master's child, she moves in with her sister and, through hustling the American troops, meets up with Steve Butler. They become lovers and, encouraged by his promises, she agrees to return with him to the strange but wonderful land of "America". |
| 71 | Heaven and Earth (1993) | With Platoon, he took you to the battlefront. With Born on the Fourth of July, he took you to the home front. Now from Oliver Stone comes the acclaimed saga of a fight to survive on both fronts. Tommy Lee Jones leads a strong cast in the powerful story of a man who fought, a woman who endured...and a love caught up in the explosive wartime upheaval of Heaven and Earth. |
| 149 | Her Uprooting Plants Her | Three Filipina-American sisters move out of their family and open up a sari-sari store and reflect on memories from life in the Philippines and life in Los Angeles. |
| 139 | Here and Now | Documentary-style publicity video of the California-based performance group, Here and Now. The video combines media clips of the group’s shows with interviews of the members. |
| 193 | Histories of Japanese Who Married Americans | N/A |
| 30 | History and Memory (1991) | A young woman is haunted by memories that do not belong to her, memories of her mother's internment after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Her mother has no rememberance of the camps, she only remembers the reason why she forgot. In order to know the story behind her visions and give her mother back her memories, Rio embarks on a journey to the internment camps her mother lived in. |
| 539 | Hollywood Chinese | Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation. |
| 207 | Homes Apart | Part 2 of a video with 5 other movies on it. |
| 14 | House of Representatives - 422 Debate | The U.S. House of Representatives debate legislation considering payment to the U.S. citizens of Japanese descent who were deprived of their civil liberties during World War II. |
| 141 | Hundred Percent | Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femme fatale called Thaise. Slim is a Rastafarian smoking pot all the time, who is trying to elude a local mobster. Troy is an actor, who has to choose between his career and his girlfriend. |
| 36 | I Told You So | This portrait of Asian American poet Lawson Inada covers his childhood in Fresno, California, to the present. Along the way, the viewer learns of the multicultural influences that produce an artist. Inada is a professor of English at Southern Oregon University |
| 5 | Immigration | Vietnamese immigrants discuss the cultural differences that lead them to such high success rates in math, computer science, and music. |
| 6 | Immigration/English only Legislation | Vietnamese immigrants discuss the cultural differences that lead them to such high success rates in math, computer science, and music. |
| 41 | In No One’s Shadow: Filipinos in America | An informative and important overview of a group quickly becoming a significant force in the Asian American community and society at large, In No One's Shadow is a celebration of Filipino American history and culture. It recounts Filipino American history from the early 1900's to the present , telling of the many contributions Filipino Americans have made to this society in fields such as agriculture, the arts, and politics. Although they have encountered immeasurable discrimination while in America, Filipino American are undeterred in nourishing a proud community which stands "in no one's shadow." |
| 36 | iOSO Fami | The daughter of a Japanese American father and Caucasian American mother explores her father's family history. |
| 182 | Iron Monkey | A Hong Kong variation on Robin Hood. The corrupt officials of a Chinese village are continually robbed by a masked bandit know as "Iron Monkey" named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Govenor forces a traveling physician (Donnie Yen) into finding the bandit. The arrival of an evil Shaolin monk, brings the Physician and Iron Monkey together to battle the corrupt government. |
| 46 | Island of Secret Memories: Angel Island Immigration Station (1910-1940) | The history of Chinese immigration at Angel Island Immigration Station, in San Francisco Bay, from 1910-1940. Revealed through memories of a young Chinese American boy experiencing the ghost of his beloved grandfather, an immigrant, as he explores the detention barracks. |
| 22 | Issei: First Generation | The Issei discuss their experiences as the first generation of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. |
Video Listing
Available in the Asian American Resource Center