Asian Studies
WHO WILL CAST THE FIRST STONE?Sociology Religion & Spirituality Middle Eastern Studies Islamic Studies Criminal & Law Asian Studies Directed by Women
Examines the impact of Islamization on women in Pakistan, revealing the oppression and
injustice which has led Pakistani women to the forefront of the political struggle for equal
rights.
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VIETNAM: AFTER THE FIREAsian Studies Environmental Studies Health
Examines the extensive damage to the Vietnamese environment and people by the war,
including the bombing which cratered the landscape and left thousands of unexploded
bombs, and the use of defoliants such as Agent Orange which devastated the country's
eco-system and are now resulting in cancer and deformed births among the populace.
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BAKWET: REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN LANDSociology Political Science Asian Studies
Examines the plight of Filipino peasants who have been forced to flee their homes as a
result of the Aquino government's military offensive against rebels of the New People's
Army, with the evacuees facing an uncertain future in crowded, makeshift camps.
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KABABAIHAN: FILIPINA PORTRAITSWomen's Studies Sociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Profiles some of the key women involved in the grassroots organizing of the `People's
Power' revolution in the Philippines which brought down Ferdinand Marcos and swept
Corazon Aquino to power in 1989.
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ESCAPE FROM CHINAChildren & Young Adult World History Sociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Filmed on location in the People's Republic of China under clandestine conditions, this
documentary re-creates the remarkable experience of student leader Zhang Boli after his
flight from Beijing in the repressive aftermath of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy
demonstrations in June 1989.
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YOUNG VIETNAM
An inside look at the last generation of Vietnamese to remember the horrors of the
Vietnam War and the first to hope for an end to the country's isolation by increasing
trade and communication with the West.
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BITTER PARADISE: THE SELL-OUT OF EAST TIMORPolitical Science Photography Cultural Studies Asian Studies Directed by Women
When photographer Elaine Briere visited Portuguese East
Timor in 1974, she found a
highly developed, centuries-old culture with a refined
aesthetic and social sensibility. Her
photos would become the last record of a people about
to face virtual annihilation,
because, when Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975,
the world looked the other way.
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STRANGE SPIRIT: ONE COUNTRY'S OCCUPATIONSociology Religion & Spirituality Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Blending archival footage and contemporary interviews, this documentary chronicles the
true story of the Chinese invasion and brutal occupation of Tibet, a country where hopes
for democracy and religious freedom are routinely punished by imprisonment and torture,
a continuing tragedy which the Chinese government bars international human rights
groups from investigating.
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THESE SHOES WEREN'T MADE FOR WALKINGWomen's Studies Sociology Cultural Studies Asian Studies
Filmmaker Paul Lee explores the lives of four generations of Chinese women in his
family, using their shoes-from the four-inch silk sandals made for his great-
grandmother's bound feet during the Ching Dynasty to the Italian leather pumps of his
career-minded sister-as a reference point for the cultural and social forces which have
shaped their lives.
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PURE CHUTNEYAsian Studies Cultural Studies Religion & Spirituality Sociology
Explores the Indian community in Trinidad, outlining the events and accidents of history
that constitute this example of the Indian diaspora, and interviewing various Trinidadian-
Indians about the hybridity of their culture and their relationship, if not preoccupation,
with India.
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LANDMINES OF THE HEARTSociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
This video examines Cambodia today, a country struggling to overcome the legacy of
more than two decades of civil war and the genocide which left two million dead in the
'killing fields' of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge.
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DHARAMSALA: TIBET IN EXILEWorld History Sociology Religion & Spirituality Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Tibetans in exile discuss the discrimination and human rights abuses their people suffer
from the occupying Chinese government. These interviews, filmed in the U.S. and in a
Buddhist monastery in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's government in exile in Northern
India, are blended with historical footage of the Chinese invasion and occupation of Tibet,
surveillance footage of the brutal Chinese suppression of a major protest by Tibetan
monks in 1988, and contemporary footage and photos of life in Dharamsala, the second
home for Tibetan refugees.
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