Lectures tagged "Asian American"

Steve Yarbrough: Safe From the Neighbors
Steve Yarbrough
February 19, 2010
00:33:12
Award-winning novelist and finalist for the 2005 PEN/Faulkner Award, Steve Yarbrough reads from his newest novel, Safe from the Neighbors. Luke May teaches local history--his lifelong obsession--at his old high school in Loring, Mississippi.
David Chang: Momofuku Cookbook
David Chang: Momofuku Cookbook
David Chang
December 10, 2009
00:54:45
Restaurateur and new cookbook author David Chang discusses his new book, Momofuku, based on the cuisine at his four beloved New York City restaurants. Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku.
Public Broadcasting: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Tom Ashbrook
August 14, 2009
01:08:44
A panel of experts, reporters, and producers discuss the state of public broadcasting, which many consider the last bastion for quality and thoughtful journalism.
Audio-only
Breakthrough: Foreign Language Films in the US
Sebastian Silva
June 19, 2009
00:53:41
Director Sebastian Silva, exhibition consultant Steven Raphael, and film distributor Marcus Hu discuss the current climate for finding audiences for foreign-language films in the US today.
Audio-only
Chinese in Boston: 1870-1965
Wing kai-To
March 12, 2009
00:50:59
Wing kai-To describes how Chinese in Boston formed a close-knit community that distinguished Boston's Chinatown as one of the oldest and most enduring Chinese neighborhoods on the East Coast.
Nami Mun: Miles from Nowhere
Nami Mun
January 21, 2009
00:42:25
Nami Mun reads from her debut novel, Miles from Nowhere.
Paul Watanabe: Challenging Immigrant Invisibilty
Paul Watanabe
October 30, 2008
00:24:50
Paul Watanabe talks about his family’s experience in an internment camp during World War II and suggests that one way to challenge invisibility and exclusion would be to give non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in local elections. This lecture is part of the 2008 IDEAS Boston conference.
Greater Boston: Profile on Susumu Ito, WWII Veteran
Greater Boston: Profile on Susumu Ito, WWII Veteran
Susumu Ito
September 20, 2007
00:06:19
WGBH Boston's Greater Boston profiles Susumu Ito, a retired 88 year old Harvard Medical School professor who served in WWII as part of the US Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all Japanese American fighting unit.