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The Docuseek Asian Studies Collection

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The Docuseek Asian Studies Collection collection includes the following titles:

Nice Chinese Girls Don't: Kitty Tsui - imageNice Chinese Girls Don't: Kitty Tsui

Nice Chinese Girls Don’t is a portrait of Kitty Tsui -- an iconic Asian American lesbian, poet, artist, activist, writer, and bodybuilder who came of age in the early days of the Women’s Liberation Movement in San Francisco.

Women Make Movies | 2019 | 20 minutes | College, Adults
Youth (Homecoming) - imageYouth (Homecoming)

In the final installment of YOUTH, Wang Bing starts out in Zhili's deserted textile workshops on New Year’s Eve, before travelling to Shiwei's marriage in the Yunnan mountains. 

dGenerate Films | 2024 | 160 minutes
Youth (Hard Times) - imageYouth (Hard Times)

Individual and collective stories unfold in Zhili's textile workshops, becoming ever more dramatic as the seasons go by. The second installment of Wang Bing's epic profile of Chinese garment workers.

dGenerate Films | 2024 | 226 minutes
Between Earth & Sky - imageBetween Earth & Sky

Shorlisted for an Academy Award®, follows world-renowned tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni as she prepares for one last research climb before considering retirement from the field.

Bullfrog Films | 2023 | 26 minutes | College, Adults
Devi - imageDevi

In war they were equals. In peace, their stories were erased.

First Hand Films | 2024 | 82 minutes | College, Adults
'Til Madness Do Us Part - image'Til Madness Do Us Part

The daily lives and isolation of a group of men locked on one floor of a Chinese city's psychiatric institution.

dGenerate Films | 2013 | 238 minutes
6 Weeks to Mother's Day - image6 Weeks to Mother's Day

Paints an intimate portrait of Thai culture by exploring one of its most progressive schools, Moo Baan Dek (Children’s Village).

Collective Eye Films | 2017 | 93 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
A Road to Mecca - imageA Road to Mecca

The story of Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew who converted to Islam in the 1920's and became the Muslim scholar Muhammad Asad.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 92 minutes | 10-12, college, adult
A Tribe of His Own - imageA Tribe of His Own

Indian journalist reminds us of the meaning of responsible journalism.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 50 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Against My Will - imageAgainst My Will

The stories of three women who took refuge at the Dastak women's shelter in Pakistan, founded to help women fleeing abusive and murderous families.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 50 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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