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Songs for Ghosts. by Kumagai, Clara.;
Equal parts globe-trotting love drama, chilling ghost story and exploration of Japanese history, 'Songs for Ghosts''s poetic prose and memorable characters will leave readers breathless. Clara Kumaga is from Canada, Japan, and Ireland. Ages 14+ #DEILibrary Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Ghost Stories; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+;
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Joy ride [videorecording] / by Chevapravatdumrong, Cherry,screenwriter.; Denman, David,1973-actor.; Hsiao, Teresa,screenwriter.; Hsu, Stephanie(Actor),actor.; Lim, Adele,film director,screenwriter.; Park, Ashley,actor.; Rogen, Seth,1982-film producer.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),production company,publisher.;
Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, David Denman, Desmond Chiam, Sherry Cola, Alexander Hodge, Annie Mumolo.The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for strong and crude sexual content, language throughout, drug content and brief graphic nudity.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Asian Americans; Best friends; Business travel; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Self-acceptance;
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Shut Up Sona. by Gupta, Deepti,film director.; Mohapatra, Sona,actor.; Espresso Media International (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Sona MohapatraOriginally produced by Espresso Media International in 2020.A film about today's India at odds with the modern Indian woman. It is an intimate journey with Sona Mohapatra, famous singer, performer, and feminist. Being on the receiving end of blasphemy lawsuits, internet trolling, and death threats are all in a day's work for Indian singer and leading #MeToo activist. Selected at Hot Docs, Sheffield Doc Fest, Doc NYC, and Winner of the 67th National Film Awards.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; Asians.; Foreign study.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Performing arts.;
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How to end a love story : a novel / by Kuang, Yulin,author.;
Helen Zhang hasn't seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever. Now she's in Los Angeles, where the two have to work together. The result is messy, and electrifying.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Asian American women; Man-woman relationships; Screenwriters; Television authorship; Women novelists;
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Samurai in the Oregon Sky. by Sol, Ilana,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2019.In 1942, Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita conducted the only manned aerial bombings of the U.S. mainland during WWII. He never dreamed he would one day meet and peacefully reconcile with the American civilians who lived in the area. SAMURAI IN THE OREGON SKY chronicles how Mr. Fujita came to refer to his former target as his second home.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Asians.; Foreign study.; Military history..; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; World War, 1939-1945.; Oregon.; Japan.;
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Fetishized : A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty. by Yu, Kaila.;
From Kaila Yu, former pin-up model and lead singer of Nylon Pink, comes a deeply personal memoir-in-essays, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory;
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A city full of Santas / by Ho, Joanna.; Phuong, Thai My.;
"One little girl has always hoped to stay awake long enough to meet Santa, and she knows this is her year. She just knows Santa smells like peppermint and laughs like the sun clapping its hands. When Mama takes her on a special journey to the city, they discover Santas ho-ho-ho-ing about everywhere, making it so much harder to find the real one. The little girl is sure she knows just what she's looking for, but will she find Santa in time for Christmas?"--Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Picture books.; Santa Claus (Fictitious character); Christmas; Impersonation; Impostors and imposture; Asian Americans;
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Ruby lost and found / by Li, Christina.;
"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's grade, Liam Yeung, starts showing up too, Ruby's humiliation is complete. But Nai-Nai, her friends, and Liam all surprise Ruby. She finds herself working with Liam, who might not be as annoying as he seems, to help save a historic Chinatown bakery that's being priced out of the neighborhood. And alongside Nai-Nai, who is keeping a secret that threatens to change everything, Ruby retraces Ye-Ye's scavenger hunt maps in an attempt to find a way out of her grief--and maybe even find herself."--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Asian Americans; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Grief; Self-realization;
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South Korea's Adoption Reckoning. by Moftah, Lora,film director.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by PBS in 2024.The Associated Press examines allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. SOUTH KOREA'S ADOPTION RECKONING investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Asians.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Korea (South).; Children.; Adoption.; Korea.; Fraud.;
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Island in Between. by Leo Chiang, S.,film director.; Icarus Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Icarus Films in 2023.The rural Taiwanese outer islands of Kinmen sit merely 2 miles off the coast of China. Kinmen attracts tourists for its remains from the 1949 Chinese Civil War. It also marks the frontline for Taiwan in its escalating tension with China. Filmmaker S. Leo Chiang weaves lyrical vignettes of tourist visits and local life with his own narrative as someone negotiating ambivalent personal bonds to Taiwan, China, and the US. ISLAND IN BETWEEN explores the uneasy peace in these islands, and contemplates Taiwan's uncertain future.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Asians.; Foreign study.; Military history..; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; China.; Taiwan.; War.; United States.; Tourism.;
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