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Box office. $270 million [1] Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film features a large Hmong American cast (the first time for an American mainstream film), [4] as well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott. Eastwood's oldest son of record, Kyle, composed the ...
Shen Yun Performing Arts. Shen Yun Performing Arts (Chinese: 神韻藝術團; lit. ' divine rhythm arts troupe') is a United States-based non-profit performing arts and entertainment company that tours internationally, producing performances including dance and symphonic music. [1][2] It is operated by the Falun Gong New Religious Movement. [3 ...
Born. (1991-11-04) November 4, 1991 (age 32) Fresno, California, U.S. Occupation (s) Actor, activist. Years active. 2008–present. Bee Vang (RPA: Npis Vaj, Pahawh: 𖬃𖬰𖬨𖬵 𖬖𖬰𖬜; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong Thai descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood 's 2008 film Gran ...
The Center for Hmong Arts and Talent ( CHAT) is an arts advocacy group based in Saint Paul, Minnesota 's Frogtown neighborhood. Since its inception in 1998, CHAT has transformed into a social justice arts organization that engages with local and national Hmong communities. In addition to providing diverse arts-based programs, CHAT uses ...
Doua Moua was born in a refugee camp in Thailand to Laos-born parents of Hmong descent who had fled their homeland because of the Laotian Civil War. [1] Six months after his birth, his family entered Minnesota as refugees, and he was raised in the city of St. Paul. [2] While in middle school, Doua joined the choir and theater classes at a teacher's suggestion; he also participated in community ...
The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, Nyiakeng Puachue: ... The Hmong immigrant population of Detroit is a central focus of the 2008 film Gran Torino, ...
Silvercup Studios. Silvercup Studios is one of the largest film and television production facilities in New York City. The studio is located in Long Island City, Queens, with another facility in the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx. The studio complex has been operating since 1983 in the former Silvercup Bakery building.
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.