The new Americans
(DVD) 

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Published
[United States] : Kartemquin Educational Films, [2009].
ISBN
1565808207, 9781565808201
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Published
[United States] : Kartemquin Educational Films, [2009].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (411 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1565808207, 9781565808201
UPC
0736899122720, 736899122720

Notes

General Note
Title from screen menu.
General Note
Videodisc release of a 2003 production.
General Note
Special features: Additional scenes; Where are they now? slideshow.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors (Dominican story), Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio ; 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.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Ismail Bashey.
Description
Follows four years of the lives of a group of contemporary immigrants as they journey to start new lives in America, including a couple from India in Silicon Valley, a Mexican meatpacker in rural Kansas, two families of Nigerian refugees, two baseball players from the Dominican Republic joining the L.A. Dodgers, and a newly-wed Palestinian woman in Chicago. The detailed portraits of these immigrants not only result in a kaleidoscope of immigrant life but offer 'first impressions' of America.
Language
In English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Saedi, G., Bashey, I., Simpson, D. E., James, S., Quinn, G., Aikin, S., Aparicio, C., & Blumenthal, J. (2009). The new Americans (Widescreen edition.). Kartemquin Educational Films.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gita. Saedi et al.. 2009. The New Americans. Kartemquin Educational Films.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gita. Saedi et al.. The New Americans Kartemquin Educational Films, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Saedi, Gita., et al. The New Americans Widescreen edition., Kartemquin Educational Films, 2009.

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