Living in a New Land

Recommended for ages 7+. These short films from around the globe illustrate the immigrant experience from a youthful perspective. A Turkish girl living in Denmark is the focus of Ghetto Princess (Carhrine Asmussen, Denmark 2000, 41 mins, In Danish with English subtitles read aloud, Beta SP, From Danish Film Institute). A Vietnamese girl in Australia is at the heart of Delivery Day (Jane Manning, Australia, 2000, 26 mins, In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles read aloud, Beta SP, From Porchlight Films). From Far Away (Shira Avai, Serene El-Haj Daoud, Canada, 2000) tells of a girl who escaped war in Beirut to live in Canada (7 mins, Beta SP, From National Film Board of Canada). And a Russian immigrant girl in America celebrates her grandmother's birthday in Three Cheers for Catherine the Great (Daniel Ivanick, U.S., 2001, 18 mins,16mm, From Weston Woods Studios).

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