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Sentenced Home

The video portrays 3 immigrant men who arrived in the United States as refugees from Cambodia in the '80s. After fleeing the Khmer Rouge and settling in Seattle as children, each was drawn into gang life, and ultimately jail. According to U.S. law…

Where the River Runs: A Portrait of a Refugee Family

Describes the experiences of a family of Cambodian refugees as they learn to adjust to a different way of life in the United States while holding on to their ethnic heritage.

The Power of the graceful contrast

Ribert Murase's sculpture at Coillins Circle in Portland, OR was somewhat controversial but his passion to transplant Japanese ideas of land and space planning into a Western context has led to powerful design in Portland and Seattl.e

Two Chinese Philosophers: Ch'eng Ming-tao and Ch'eng Yi-ch'uan

The philosophy of the Ch'eng brothers, eminent Sung scholars and influencial in the philosophy known as Neo - Confucianism

The Beggar in the Blanket and Other Vietnamese Tales

Eight Vietnamese folktales include an Oriental Cinderella tale and a legend explaining why all the crows seem to vanish from Vietnam during the month of Ngau.

Tea of the Sages: The Art of Sencha

Japanese tea ceremony