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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
The Race Epidemic - imageThe Race Epidemic

An outbreak caused by Covid-19 – an epidemic of racism against Asian Americans.

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 56 minutes | College, Adults
Maineland - imageMaineland

Filmed over three years in China and the U.S., this coming-of-age tale follows two affluent and cosmopolitan teenagers as they settle into a boarding school in rural Maine.

Collective Eye Films | 2017 | 90 minutes | College, Adults
Yumi - imageYumi

YUMI tells the incredible story of three inspiring law students, Solomon, Vishal and Romabeth, who set out from the University of the South Pacific on an amazing journey to take climate change to the world’s highest court through the United Nations.

Collective Eye Films | 2024 | 90 minutes | College, Adults
Small-Time Cinema - imageSmall-Time Cinema

Two YouTube filmmaking groups from Balochistan and Assam confront identity, history, and culture through grassroots cinema

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 29 minutes | College, Adults
Mitsuye and Nellie - imageMitsuye and Nellie

This documentary explores the lives of Asian Americans through the poetry of Mitsuye Yamada and Nellie Wong.

Women Make Movies | 1981 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults

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