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Amy Tan unintended memoir

Amy Tan unintended memoir

DVD 2021

Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950's America, it would be decades before Ms. Tan would come to fully understand how her mother's self-destructive tendencies were rooted in watching her own mother kill herself after being forced into the former marital system of concubinage. This painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. An interweaving of archival imagery, artful animation and live perfo...

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Authors, American 20th century Biography
Chinese American novelists 20th century Biography
Novelists, American 20th century Biography
Tan, Amy
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ISBN:
9781531713898
Description:
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Target Audience Note:
E
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
American masters. Amy Tan : unintended memoir
Unintended memoir
Notes:
"SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--container
Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television series, American masters, in 2021
Title from container
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic
For private home use only
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, captions in English
Control Number:
3109802
UPC:
841887045643
Other Authors:
Jabola, Cassandra, film producer
PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher
Pritzker, Karen, film producer
Redford, James, 1962-2020, film director
Sacks, Julie (Julie A.), film producer
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