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SPOTLIGHT ON........Audiovisuals
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Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month with these recommended titles by, for and about Asian Americans.
All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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Basic Japanese & Chinese
(Mastervision, c2005)
Shelf Number: 495.83461/B3111b/VIDEO/DISC
Designed to provide a working vocabulary of spoken Japanese and Chinese by teaching 1,000 words and phrases used in 43 common life situations. Includes a basic vocabulary suitable for tourists giving the pronunciation of the word or phrase, with the written word shown on the screen in Japanese or Chinese characters, romanized forms, and the English equivalent. |
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The Concrete Revolution
(Xiaolu Guo Ltd. Choices, c2006)
Shelf Number: 307.1416/C7448c/VIDEO/DISC
Award-winning filmmaker Xiaolu Guo examines the moral and human cost of creating a New China for the 2008 Olympics. Traditional Beijing communities fall to the wrecking ball to make way for apartments. Ancient traditions are cast aside at the expense of poor laborers from the villages. How far will China will go to sacrifice its traditional way of life for this new Western version? |
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A State Of Mind
(Kino on Video, c2005)
Shelf Number: 951.93/ST7971s/VIDEO/DISC
A thought-provoking documentary of life in North Korea under one of the most repressive regimes known to man though the story of a pair of young female gymnasts. Along the way, we get glimpses of insight into what makes North Korean and American societies so different from each other. |
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