{"id":26084,"date":"2012-10-19T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=26084"},"modified":"2012-10-19T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:32:00","slug":"amerasians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=26084","title":{"rendered":"Amerasians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amerasians<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Atmo<\/a>
\n1998-10-22
\n52 minutes<\/p>\n

Erik Gandini<\/a><\/strong>, Director\/Producer<\/p>\n

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In 1988, after the Congress passed the Amerasian Homecoming Act<\/a>, Vietnamese youngsters who could prove they had been fathered by an American were issued with a ticket for the U.S. and granted six months \u201dupkeep\u201d.<\/p>\n

Overnight, society\u2019s lowest ranks became \u201dgolden children\u201d, able to take a whole family to the U.S. But proving one\u2019s paternity wasn.t a simple matter.<\/p>\n

For many, all that was left were physical traits suggesting American parentage and, with luck, an old photo of a father in uniform.<\/p>\n

To date, 38,000 offsprings have moved to the U.S., and this documentary by Erik Gandini introduces us to a number of Amerasians, some who have moved, and others who are about to leave Vietnam.<\/p>\n

The reality that confronts them in the U.S. can be a challenge. Even if their look is no longer a problem in the melting pot of American society, the culture shock is considerable\u2014language, food, culture\u2014so much is strange to them, and they feel themselves to be neither Vietnamese nor American.<\/p>\n

For the first time in their lives, they learn to be proud of themselves as Amerasians.<\/p>\n

Festivals<\/strong><\/p>\n