| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (77 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
The video portrays 3 immigrant men who arrived in the United States as refugees from Cambodia in the '80s. After fleeing the Khmer Rouge and settling in Seattle as children, each was drawn into gang life, and ultimately jail. According to U.S. law they should have been deported, but Cambodia did not accept deportees at the time of their sentences. After September 2001, the U.S. pressured Cambodia into changing its policy. As a result, thousands of individuals were separated from their families and returned to a land that many barely knew. Many deportees faced the prospect of paying a double penalty: having already served their original prison sentences and moved on with their lives, they now faced deportation |
| Notes |
Also available in a 53 min. broadcast version |
| Credits |
Editor, Amy Young ; director of photography, Howard Shack ; music, B. Quincy Griffin |
| Performer |
Many Uch, Loeun Lun, Kim Ho Ma, Jay Stansell |
| Notes |
In English; some dialogue in Khmer with English subtitles. Closed captioned in English. Title also appears in Khmer |
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Audience Award, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival |
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Special Jury Prize, EBS International Documentary Film Festival, Seoul, Korea |
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Online resource; title from title frames |
| Subject |
Uch, Many -- Interviews
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Lun, Loeun -- Interviews
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Ma, Kim Ho -- Interviews
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Refugees -- Cambodia
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Refugees -- United States
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Cambodians -- Washington (State)
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Deportation -- United States
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Deportation -- Government policy -- United States
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Cambodians.
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Deportation.
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Refugees.
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Cambodia.
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United States.
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Washington (State)
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Interviews.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Grabias, David, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Newnham, Nicole, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Griffin, B. Quincy, composer.
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Uch, Many
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Lun, Loeun
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Ma, Kim Ho
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Sentenced Home Productions, production company.
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Independent Television Service, production company.
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Center for Asian American Media, production company.
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Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.
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