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From: Richard Herskowitz <rjh2s@virginia.edu>
List Editor: Ken Nolley <knolley@willamette.edu>
Editor's Subject: Re: Films of Exile and Immigration
Author's Subject: Re: Films of Exile and Immigration
Date Written: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 13:12:16 -0800
Date Posted: Mon, 03 Mar 1996 16:12:16 -0500

There are a number of avant-garde films which are worth looking at in
relation to the immigration and exile topic. Alan Berliner's "Intimate
Stranger," available from the Museum of Modern Art, is one of the most
extraordinary films of the last few years. It explores Berliner's uncle's
transnational identity and his movements through Egypt, Japan, and
America. Many of Jonas Mekas' films reflect his consciousness as a
displaced Lithuanian in America, and "Reminiscences of a Journey to
Lithuania" would be the best pick from among his works. Trinh Minh-ha's
"Surname Viet Given Name Nam" looks at Vietnamese women in America.
Meredith Monk's "Ellis Island" is also terrific.

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