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Random Acts of Legacy | Promo

Finding a cache of deteriorating 16mm home movies spanning from 1936 to 1951, Ali Kazimi deftly crafts a story of history and memory. RANDOM ACTS OF LEGACY reveals a rare portrait of a creative and enterprising Chinese American family in middle America during the Depression, and offers a counter-narrative to the stereotypes of Chinese Americans.

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Far East Deep South
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1:13:21
A Chinese American family’s search for their roots leads them to the Mississippi Delta.
Tutwiler
45:22
Exploring the Alabama Prison Birth Project at Alabama's women-only Julia Tutwiler Prison.
We Like It Like That
1:15:27
Exploring 1960s music history when Bugaloo defined a new generation of urban Latinos.
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