The Docuseek Asian Studies Collection
The Docuseek Asian Studies Collection collection includes the following titles:
Nice Chinese Girls Don't: Kitty TsuiNice 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.
Youth (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.
Youth (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.
Between Earth & SkyShorlisted 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.
DeviIn war they were equals. In peace, their stories were erased.
'Til Madness Do Us PartThe daily lives and isolation of a group of men locked on one floor of a Chinese city's psychiatric institution.
6 Weeks to Mother's DayPaints an intimate portrait of Thai culture by exploring one of its most progressive schools, Moo Baan Dek (Children’s Village).
A Road to MeccaThe story of Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew who converted to Islam in the 1920's and became the Muslim scholar Muhammad Asad.
A Tribe of His OwnIndian journalist reminds us of the meaning of responsible journalism.
Against My WillThe stories of three women who took refuge at the Dastak women's shelter in Pakistan, founded to help women fleeing abusive and murderous families.
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