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Sarai and the around the world fair / by González, Saraí,2005-; Brown, Monica,1969-; Almeda, Christine.;
Appeals to 2-4th graders.Reading level Grade 3.LSC
Subjects: González, Saraí, 2005-; Hispanic American families; Bicycles; Ethnic festivals; Schools;
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Carnival chaos / by Baptiste, Tracey.;
Twelve-year-old Misty and her mother have just moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, New York, in time for the annual carnival celebrations over Labor Day weekend. Misty has plenty to deal with getting used to living with her cousins Aiden and Brooke in her new surroundings. On top of that, her mom is too busy trying to find a job and her aunts and uncles are too preoccupied with carnival preparations to pay any attention to her. Then really strange things begin to happen. A ball of feathers in the basement turns into a creature that squeaks and rolls around. When Misty and her cousins eat pieces of mango anchar, flames shoot out of their mouths. Most disturbing of all, Misty begins to see visions of the future--scary visions that soon come true. Misty discovers that she and her cousins come from a long line of mokos, people who have special powers meant to help them protect their community. Misty can see impending danger, Aiden can heal, and Brooke has crazy physical strength. The trio is just learning about their skills when Misty senses something watching her. And then each of the carnival events is disrupted by a different disaster. Some kind of evil force is clearly trying to stop the festivities. But why? And will moko magic be enough to save the day?
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Spirits; Ethnic festivals; Parades; Cousins; West Indians;
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Red pockets : a tale of inheritance, ghosts, and the future / by Mah, Alice,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A poignant personal narrative about family, cultural history, and ecology, and a quest to understand what we owe our ancestors and our descendants from an unforgettable new voice. "Part of me knew what the hungry ghosts wanted all along, what they still want. It is not vengeance. No, they want something else, but we refuse to listen. They want us to face up to our broken obligations." Every spring during the Qingming Festival, people return to their home villages in China to sweep the tombs of their ancestors. They make offerings of food and incense to prevent their ancestors from becoming hungry ghosts that could cause misfortune, illnesses and crop failures. Yet for the past century, the tombs of many overseas Chinese have been left unattended because of the ruptures of war and revolution. Following a record year of wildfires, Alice Mah returns to her family's rice village in South China, ninety years after her grandfather's last visit and fifty years after her last relative died in the village. While she finds clan members who still remember her family, there are no tombs left to sweep. Instead, there are incalculable clan debts to be paid. In Red Pockets, Mah chronicles her journey from the rice villages of South China to her home in post-industrial England, through the Chinatowns of Western Canada where she grew up, to the isles and industry of Scotland where she now lives. As years pass and fires rage on, she becomes increasingly troubled by her ancestors' neglected graves. Her research on pollution gives way to growing eco-anxiety, culminating in a crisis of spiritual belief. A haunting blend of memoir, cultural history and environmental exploration, Red Pockets confronts the hungry ghosts of our neglected ancestors, while searching for an acceptable offering. What do we owe to past and future generations? What do we owe to the places that we inhabit?"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Mah, Alice.; Mah, Alice; Mah, Alice; Chinese diaspora.; Chinese; Chinese; Intergenerational relations.; Chinese Canadians; Chinese Canadians;
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Expanding Sanctuary. by Sotomayor, Kristal,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2023.Winner of the Philadelphia Filmmaker Award at the BlackStar Film Festival, EXPANDING SANCTUARY follows an immigrant mother who becomes a powerful community leader in the fight to end police data-sharing with ICE. The film captures her transformation from personal desire to bring her mother to the U.S. into a passionate, collective movement for immigrant rights and family protection.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Emigration and immigration.; Families.; Police.; United States.; Mexico.; Deportation.; Hispanic Americans.;
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The Klezmer Project. by Koch, Leandro,film director.; Schachmann, Paloma,film director.; Greenwich Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Greenwich Entertainment in 2023.A Jewish wedding cameraman falls in love with a klezmer clarinetist and pretends to be making a documentary in order to spend time with her. His fake project leads to a real journey through Eastern Europe in search of lost klezmer melodies and the remnants of Yiddish culture. A documentary-fiction hybrid. Winner of the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin Film Festival.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Music.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Judaism.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Artists.; Current affairs.; History.; Europe, Eastern.; Ethnomusicology.; Folk music.; Jews--History.; Performing arts.;
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Among Wolves. by Convey, Shawn,film director.; Krželj, Boško,actor.; Lijović, Branko,actor.; Krišto, Željko,actor.; MVD Entertainment Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Boško Krželj, Branko Lijović, Željko KrištoOriginally produced by MVD Entertainment Group in 2016.The Wolves are no ordinary motorcycle club, which is revealed in this gorgeous, surprisingly intimate documentary about trauma and survival. Still struggling after the Bosnian War, the Wolves organize charity for their town and defend the threatened herd of wild horses they first met on the front line. Out there, with the horses, they confront their past and reclaim that territory as a space for healing.Winner of Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival. Winner of Best Documentary Feature at DOC LA."A gentle look at recovery from violence." - John DeFore, Hollywood ReporterMode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.;
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Among Wolves. by Convey, Shawn,film director.; Krželj, Boško,actor.; Lijović, Branko,actor.; Krišto, Željko,actor.; MVD Entertainment Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Boško Krželj, Branko Lijović, Željko KrištoOriginally produced by MVD Entertainment Group in 2016.The Wolves are no ordinary motorcycle club, which is revealed in this gorgeous, surprisingly intimate documentary about trauma and survival. Still struggling after the Bosnian War, the Wolves organize charity for their town and defend the threatened herd of wild horses they first met on the front line. Out there, with the horses, they confront their past and reclaim that territory as a space for healing.Winner of Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival. Winner of Best Documentary Feature at DOC LA."A gentle look at recovery from violence." - John DeFore, Hollywood ReporterMode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Europe, Eastern.; Healing.; Horses.;
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Among Wolves. by Convey, Shawn,film director.; Krželj, Boško,actor.; Lijović, Branko,actor.; Krišto, Željko,actor.; MVD Entertainment Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Boško Krželj, Branko Lijović, Željko KrištoOriginally produced by MVD Entertainment Group in 2016.The Wolves are no ordinary motorcycle club, which is revealed in this gorgeous, surprisingly intimate documentary about trauma and survival. Still struggling after the Bosnian War, the Wolves organize charity for their town and defend the threatened herd of wild horses they first met on the front line. Out there, with the horses, they confront their past and reclaim that territory as a space for healing.Winner of Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival. Winner of Best Documentary Feature at DOC LA."A gentle look at recovery from violence." - John DeFore, Hollywood ReporterMode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Europe, Eastern.; Healing.; Horses.;
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