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| No. | Title | Description |
| 89 | Displaced in the New South | Displaced in the New South explores the cultural collision between Asian and Hispanic immigrants and the suburban communities near Atlanta where they settled. Featuring unforgettable people like Suttiwan Cox, ESL teacher and stand-up comic, the film is a moving, sensitive case study of a nationwide trend that is bringing explosive political upheaval all across the country. |
| 21 | Dollar a Day, Ten Cents a Dance | This film chronicles the history of those Filipino Americans who immigrated to America between 1924 and 1935 to toil on the farmlands of California. These immigrants created close-knit bachelor societies where cockfights, poker games, and dance halls served as their entertainment. Interviews with immigrants and archival footage depict their spirit and vitality. (Note: Also in the Cross Current Media Collection). |
| 123 | Double Happiness | Jade Li is a feisty, 20-something Chinese Canadian, trying to achieve that happy medium between giving in to her parent's wishes and fulfilling her own needs and desires - double happiness. Naturally, something's got to give and when love beckons in the shape of Mark, a white university student, the facade of the perfect Chinese daughter begins to slip. |
| 103 | Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children | (Sept. 2, 1945) - Despite orders forbidding it, fraternization between United States soldiers and Japanese women resulted in a number of children being born in and out of wedlock. Some of the children were fortunate enough to leave Japan, but many stayed and some were abandoned by both father and mother. What has become of these children? Since the end of the war, Japan itself has risen from the ashes to become an economic giant. Many American women have intermarried with Japanese men, producing a new generation of intercultural children. What is life like for them in Japan? In America? What about the generation of interculturals who can trace their roots back to the turn of the century and even before -- where are they today? |
| 87 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | True story of the kung-fu king Bruce Lee that dwell not on his mysterious death but his inspirational life and improable rise to stardom from the streets of Hong Kong. |
| 59 | Dreaming Filipinos (1990) | Paul Gabriel (Adrian Ramirez) was born in the USA but raised in the Philippines. Paul plans to return to America after his college graduation. But before he could graduate, he must pass one subject where his professor demands that he answer the question, "What's wrong with the Filipino?" Paul's effort to answer the question forces him to reflect on the question of Filipino identity. |
| 116 | Dusk and Threads, Garment/Hotel Workers | This is an in-depth look at Asian women workers in San Francisco’s garment and hotel industries. Features many interviews with immigrant workers, highlighting their labor struggles. |
| 472 | Earth (1999) | The movie opens in Lahore of 1947 before India and Pakistan became independent. It is a cosmopolitan city, depicted by the coterie of working class friends who are from different religions. The rest of the movie chronicles the fate of this group and the maddening religious that sweeps even this city as the partition of the two countries is decided and Lahore is given to Pakistan. |
| 15 | East of Occidental: The History of Seattle's Chinatown | The International District in Seattle is the only urban area in the United States encompassing the local Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino American communities. This documentary traces the history of the International District and shows why it became, for the younger generation, more than a place to get away from. |
| 546 | Eat a Bowl of Tea | Director Wayne Wang is in his appealingly low-key groove with this wry comedy-drama, a precursor to his later success with The Joy Luck Club. It's set in the aftermath of World War II, when the restrictive U.S. immigration laws had finally been relaxed. WWII vet Russell Wong is a young Chinese-American hepcat, strong-armed by his dad (the wonderfully gnarled character actor Victor Wong) into an arranged marriage with a Chinese girl (Cora Miao). The trip to China, and the atmosphere of New York's Chinatown, are neatly mounted. The film's central joke, and metaphor, is the bridegroom's impotence after marriage; he's cowed by the expectations of his traditional culture, which don't necessarily match his own ideas. In its quiet way, Eat a Bowl of Tea examines the larger issues of ethnic identity while poking affectionate fun at its floundering characters--a distinctly modern attitude for a 1940s story. |
| 32 | Eat a Bowl of Tea | Set in New York's Chinatown in 1949, Eat a Bowl of Tea depicts newlyweds from an arranged marriage, he a first generation Chinese American, and she fresh off the boat. The conflicts which ensue between the young Chinese American couple, Chinatown life, and the couple's infertility are the central themes of this film which glosses issues of gender, sexuality, and tradition. |
| 546 | Eat a Bowl of Tea | Set in New York's Chinatown in 1949, Eat a Bowl of Tea depicts newlyweds from an arranged marriage, he a first generation Chinese American, and she fresh off the boat. The conflicts which ensue between the young Chinese American couple, Chinatown life, and the couple's infertility are the central themes of this film which glosses issues of gender, sexuality, and tradition. |
| 495 | Eat Drink Man Woman | Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity, Jia-Chien, an airline executive, and Jia-Ning, a student who also works in a fast food restaurant. Life in the house revolves around the ritual of an elaborate dinner each Sunday, and the love lives of all the family members. |
| 102 | Eat Drink Man Woman (1995) | Trouble is brewing for widower and Master Chef Chu who’s about to discover that no matter how dazzling and delicious his culinary creations might be, they’re no match for sex-especially to his three beautiful and rebellious daughters. His youngest just learned the recipe for first love...his middle has something cooking with a very married co-worker...and his eldest daughter is about to cut loose and blow the lid off years of unrequited passion. So what’s a father to do? Try brewing up a secret romance of his own, in this fresh and funny film The New York Times called “Wonderfully seductive! An irresistible, almost edible treat.” (Note: 2 copies...Dubbed). |
| 196 | ECASU 1998 1out of 2 | N/A |
| 197 | ECASU 1998 2 out of 2 | N/A |
| 1 | Education Rap Session | Asian American scholars give positive feedback on prior conference. They suggest improvements and solutions to current Asian American issues. Students who attended the conference contribute as well. |
| 2 | Education Rap Session Summary | Asian American scholars discuss setting up Asian American Studies programs at universities. Scholars talk about ideas for changing the future of Asian American Studies on college campuses. |
| 540 | Enter the Dragon | Enter the Dragon revolves around the three main characters. Lee, a man recruited by an agency to investigate a tournament hosted by Han, since they believe he has an Opium trade there. Roper and Williams are former army buddies since Vietnam and they enter the tournament due to different problems that they have. Roper is on the run from the Mafia due to his gambling debts, while Williams is harassed by racist police officers and defends himself from them and uses the car for his getaway. It is a deadly tournament that they will enter on an island. Lee's job is to get the other two out of there alive. |
| 20 | Ethnic Images | This documentary traces media images of African Americans from slavery to the present. |
Video Listing
Available in the Asian American Resource Center