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Searching for answers: Retracing a Hmong heritage, short film by Dee Thao.
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Title: Searching for answers: Retracing a Hmong heritage, short film by Dee Thao.
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.334
Contributing Institution:
California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 digital objects
Date: 2012
creator:
Thao, Dee
creator:
Waters, Tony
Orginal.
Dee Thao, a Hmong immigrant was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and came to the United States as a child. Thao, a student
at California State University, Chico received an Office of the Provost, Undergraduate Awards for Research and Creativity
grant to create this film the summer 2012.
Collection is open for research without restriction.
Gift.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Dee Thao, August 24, 2013
Searching for answers: Retracing a Hmong heritage, short film by Dee Thao, MSS 334, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California
State University, Chico.
Thao studies her family’s journey to the United States seeking a connection to her Hmong heritage. Her family became refugees
from Laos during the Vietnam War. The documentary begins at her family home in Oroville California. Thao along with Tony and
Dagmar Waters, travel to Thailand and Laos. They visit refugee camps including the one she where she was born in Thailand
and meet family members who stayed behind.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hmong Americans--Ethnic identity.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees