Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h2MDPWH27098; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 08:25:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 08:25:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <012c01c2f076$247e0140$db65f7a5@MCORLEY> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1099] BECOMING AMERICAN: The Chinese Experience X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2806 Lines: 59 FYI: BECOMING AMERICAN: The Chinese Experience, A Bill Moyers Special premieres on PBS over three nights, March 25 - 27 from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m. (ET) check local listings. _____ In the 1840s they came by boat, a frightening journey across the wide Pacific. Today, they come by jet, a few hours flight to a new life. For over 150 years, the Chinese - like other immigrants to this country - have pursued the American dream. Theirs is a compelling tale of struggle and triumph, progress and setback, separation and assimilation, discrimination and achievement. It is a story of the collision of two cultures, and a saga that has largely been left out of history books. Bill Moyers and Series Producer Thomas Lennon worked with a team of talented filmmakers including Series Editor Ruby Yang and Producers Joseph Angier, Steve Cheng, and Mi Ling Tsui to explore this dramatic portion of America's history and confront myths about the Chinese in America. BECOMING AMERICAN: The Chinese Experience unfolds between the pillars of two landmark pieces of American legislation: the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 - the first time the United States ever banned a group of people based on race or nationality - and the Immigration Reform Act of 1965, which opened the door to Asians and other non-Europeans to come to America in record numbers. The history is revealed through interviews with historians, recent arrivals, and the descendents of early immigrants. In the third program, the series collides with the present, examining the lives of new immigrants from China as well as Chinese Americans who have lived here for generations, all of whom must consider their status and place in the American experience. Says Moyers, "I've heard Chinese Americans and recent arrivals grappling with the issues that every immigrant group has had to face over time. What does it mean to become American? At what moment do you think you are American? What do you give up when you become American if you're an immigrant? What traditions do you try to preserve? These are personal and political issues. Issues of identity and assimilation. Issues of access and empowerment. And they lie at the very heart of our democracy, past and present. TELL US YOUR STORY The struggle to become American is part of every family's story. These stories are being collected and featured on the series' extensive website.<http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/portraits> Click here to tell us your story. VIEWER GUIDE A downloadable Viewer Guide will be available on the BECOMING AMERICAN Web site by March 21, 2003. For more information on BECOMING AMERICAN: The Chinese Experience: Kelly & Salerno Communications 203-863-1000 Outreach Liliana Chen liliana@kellysalerno.com * * * * * * -Mary Ann Corley NIFL-Povracelit List Moderator
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