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The American Tapestry

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NR,1hr 36min
Released:
January 1, 1998
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Synopsis: Gregory Nava weaves together a series of first hand accounts of the immigrant experience in America for this emotionally powerful, unabashedly-patriotic documentary. Polish Jew Murray Schneider recalls the exultant joy he felt when he was finally reuniting with his family in Ellis Island, while Chinese immigrant Li Keng Wong remembers being forced to lie about his ethnicity in order to circumvent America's draconian anti-Chinese immigration laws. Janie Chatman recalls migrating from her hometown ... Full Synopsis
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