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Also by Wayne Wang, "Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart" and "Eat a Bowl of
Tea," both of which make direct reference to anti-Chinese immigration laws
of the '20s and their long-lasting effect on Chinese-American community.

There are a huge number of films that touch indirectly on the
Jewish-American immigrant experience, things like Symphony of Six Million
and the Jazz Singer, about assimilation vs. identity.

George Robinson

Alas, where is human nature so
weak as in a bookstore?
  -Henry Ward Beecher
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Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: Immigrants/Immigrant Experience


> "Mi Familia" (d. Nava) -- Mexican-American family in Los Angeles
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> "The Joy Luck Club" (d. Wang) -- Chinese American mothers and daughters;
> generational conflict
>
> "American Adobo" -- Filipino-Americans (just out on DVD)
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> "Picture Bride" -- Japanese immigrants in Hawaii
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> "La Ciudad"
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> vive l'amour fou!
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