Research Guides @ Fordham: Asian American Studies: a Guide to Information Resources: Video Resources

Academic Video Online

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Collections and Documentaries

Asian Americans, a PBS series
This 5 part series documents the history of identity, contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans.

Hollywood Chinese : the Chinese in American feature films by Arthur Dong
Call Number: (LC) W DVD 10,359
[Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.] : DeepFocus Productions, [2008].
Coolies, sailors, settlers : voyage to the new world by Loni Ding
Call Number: (RH) W DVD 7225
Berkeley, CA : Center for Educational Telecommunications, c2001.
Never Perfect by Regina Park, Edward Robinson, Jr.
Call Number: (LC) W DVD 9269
New York, N.Y. : Cinema Guild, 2007.
Explores the complex journey of a young Vietnamese-American woman's struggle with popular perceptions of beauty and body image as she fights the stigma of racial self-hatred in her decision to undergo cosmetic surgery.

Streaming Videos

Kanopy
Streaming classics as well as award-winning contemporary cinema, Kanopy offers you 26,000 videos from such acclaimed producers as Criterion Collection, New Day Films, PBS, California Newsreel, and others. Kanopy features videos on a variety of themes including Social Sciences and is searchable by title, keyword, or via a drop-down Subject menu. There's much here for students, instructors and practitioners of social work.

Selection of Asian-American Movies

Better luck tomorrow by Justin Lin
Call Number: (RH, LC) W DVD 902
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2003.
“Fast & Furious” franchise helmer Justin Lin made his solo directing debut with this Sundance hit, a high school crime drama about Asian American overachievers breaking bad that sent the model minority myth spinning. It remains a milestone for ferociously defiant Asian American storytelling.
The namesake by Mira Nair
Call Number: (RH, LC, Westchester) W DVD 7826
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2007.
This sensitive adaptation of ‎Jhumpa Lahiri’s bestseller exploring the immigrant experience broke into the mainstream and proved that in an alternate — and more inclusive — universe, Bollywood stars Khan and Tabu would be Hollywood stars too.
Saving face
Call Number: (LC) W DVD 3631
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005]
A young surgeon keeps her sexual identity a secret from her mom, who has secrets of her own. A hallmark of lesbian cinema and a beloved comedy of Chinese American women negotiating family honor.
The motel by Michael Kang
Call Number: (LC) W DVD 6899
[New York, N.Y.] : Palm Pictures, [2007]
This Sundance charmer follows a 13-year-old boy’s misadventures growing up in a locale all too familiar to many Asian American immigrants: the family-run motel.
The fast and the furious: Tokyo Drift by Justin Lin
Call Number: (RH) W BLU-RAY 20
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2013.
Directed by Justin Lin, the “Furious” threequel revolutionized a formula, introducing a fan fave (Sung Kang’s Han Seoul-oh) and paved the way for unprecedented franchise evolution.
Harold & Kumar go to White Castle by Danny Leiner
Call Number: (RH) W DVD 10,277
[S.l.] : New Line Home Entertainment, c2005.