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The new Americans
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- Summary
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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.
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- Creator
- Kartemquin Films
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- 3 videocassettes (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
- ISBNs
- 0780027752, 9780780027756, 0780027760, 9780780027763, 0780027779, 9780780027770
- OCLC
- ocm54999706
- Credits
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- Narrator, Ismail Bashey
- Directors (Dominican story), Susanna Aikin, Carlos Aparico ; 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
- Videocassette release of a 2003 production.
- VHS format [NTSC]; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
- Closed-captioned.
Subjects
- Documentary films.
- Americanization.
- Assimilation (Sociology)
- Emigration and immigration.
- Dominicans (Dominican Republic) -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
- Nigerians -- United States -- Cultural assimilation.
- Palestinian Arabs -- United States -- Cultural assimilation.
- East Indians -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
- Mexicans -- United States -- Cultural assimilation.
- United States -- Emigration and immigration.