“Asian Americans” is a five-hour film series that
delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today,
more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided
while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward
together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will
cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian
Americans have played.
Trailer:https://www.pbs.org/video/asian-americans-preview/
05/11 Monday 8PM-10PM
Asian Americans
Breaking Ground/A Question of Loyalty
See how new immigrants from China, Japan and beyond, despite
anti-Asian laws, build railroads, dazzle in Hollywood and fight for
equality. Then, the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans
have their loyalties tested during World War II. (Parts 1-2 of 5)
05/12 Tuesday 8PM-10PM
Asian Americans
Good Americans/Generation Rising
Learn how Asian Americans are targeted as perpetual foreigners
during the Cold War. A younger generation fights for equality in the
fields, on campuses and in the culture, and new immigrants and war
refugees expand the definition of Asian American. (Parts 3-4 of 5)
05/12 Tuesday 10PM-11PM
Asian Americans
Breaking Through
Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are
empowered by growing numbers and rising influence but face a
reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly
polarized society. (Part 5 of 5)
More Air Time:
https://www.thirteen.org/schedule/?program=43002&all=1
The DVD is available for pre-order:
https://www.amazon.com/Asian-Americans-n/dp/B085DSCP3L/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Asian+American+DVD&qid=1587867745&sr=8-2
More Clips:
https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/extras/season/2020/
English Version美華史記: 華裔族群的共同記憶
海外華人的命運與未來,在于廣大華人凝聚族群意識,堅韌不拔地努力于華人社區的長期建設和發展。自尊、自信、自強、自立是華裔族群屹立的根本和傳世的精神。一個家族,不管分散到天涯何處,只要家譜在,就可以團結起來。一個族群也是如此。《美華史記》作爲華裔族群的共同記憶,是喚醒同胞族群意識的關鍵和基礎,
進而從根本上促進同胞把注意力放在捍衛族群利益上。放下黨派政治爭論,團結共進攜手同行。請各位同胞拿出族群的擔當與責任,一起努力把《美華史記》建設成所有華人的精神家園! |