chinese americans

An-ying, teenage daughter of Chinese immigrants, is having a difficult time breaking away from her parents' Chinese traditions in order to choose her own friends and accept a scholarship at an American college.

Discusses Chinese emigration to America and the contribution of the Chinese to American life, emphasizing their unique cultural characteristics.

Portraits capture the detail and texture of the Chinese American experience in all regions of the country.

In late ninteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the townspeople and her lighthouse keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.

When Jonathan's family buys Laurel's house, this Jewish boy and Chinese-American girl gradually become friends as they deal with ancestral spirits and changing family relationships.

On the eve of the Chinese New Year in San Francisco's Chinatown, twelve-year-old Donald Duk attempts to deal with his comical name and his feelings for his cultural heritage.

Feeling confined by the traditional Chinese family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence.

Presents the classic play by Laurence Yep about a young Chinese boy who joins his father in San Francisco during the early part of the twentieth century and helps him to realize his dream of making a flying machine.

A biography of the Chinese American author whose own background and marriage to the American ambassador to China has enabled her to help bridge the gap between the two cultures.

Figure skater Michelle Kwan shares photographs and special memories from throughout her career.