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• Title:Chinese restaurants / director and producer, Cheuk Kwan ; writers, Cheuk Kwan, Margaret S. Martin ; Tissa Films.
  
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• Related Title:Song of the exile.
  On the islands.
  Three continents.
  Latin passions.
  Beyond frontiers.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Kwan, Cheuk.
  Tissa Films (Firm)
  Filmwest Associates.
  
• Published/Created:Kelowna, B.C. : Filmwest Associates, ©2005.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY audiovisual (Floor 3 )Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DS732 .C5565 2005 dvd
    
  • Number of Items:5
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:disc 1-5
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Chinese--Foreign countries.
  Restaurateurs--Interviews.
  Cooking, Chinese--Social aspects.
  Restaurants--Social aspects.
  Ethnic restaurants.
  Family-owned business enterprises.
  National characteristics, Chinese.
  Chinese--Cultural assimilation.
  Chinese--Ethnic identity.
  Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.
  
• Genre/Form:Documentary films.
  Feature films.
  
• Description:5 videodiscs (400 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: Site license. UBC faculty, staff and students only
  
• Credits:Cinematographer, Kwoi ; editor, Zinka Bejtic ; composers, Dino Giancola, Janet Lumb.
  
• Cast:Narrator, Cheuk Kwan.
  
• Summary:Uses the icon of the family-run Chinese restaurant to tell the story of the Chinese diaspora. Filmmaker Cheuk Kwan explores Chinese restaurants around the world, showing the lives and stories of the families who own them. Reveals the complex history of Chinese immigration, cultural migration, ethnic identity and global politics.
  
• Notes:Contains two optional full-length audio commentary tracks.
  DVD video.
  Dialogue in multiple languages with narration and subtitles in either English or French.
  
• Contents:disc 1. Song of the exile : Israel, South Africa, Turkey
  disc 2. On the islands : Mauritius, Trinidad, Cuba
  disc 3. Three continents : Madagascar, Norway, Canada
  disc 4. Latin passions : Peru, Brazil south, Argentina
  disc 5. Beyond frontiers : India east, Brazil north, India west.