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Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. This was Eastwood's first starring role since 2004's Million Dollar Baby. 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.
Hmong music. Hmong music is an important part of the culture of the Hmong people, an ethnic group from southeast Asia. Because the Hmong language is tonal, there is a close connection between Hmong music and the spoken language. Music is an important part of Hmong life, played for entertainment, for welcoming guests, and at weddings and funerals.
Luj Yaj ( Pahawh: 𖬆𖬶𖬞 𖬖𖬰𖬤) is a popular Hmong singer from Thailand. [citation needed] He is considered to be one of the most well known of Hmong singers to date. He gained notoriety when two of his songs appeared in a Hmong dubbed Thai film called "Kev Hlub Txiav Tsis Tau". [1] Those two songs were "Nco Koj Ib Leeg" (Miss You ...
MN Hmong filmmakers' 'Bitterroot' to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. (FOX 9) - In the film, "Bitterroot", the Hmong American experience takes center stage. But the movie is also shining a light ...
Thai Thao, frontman for pioneering Hmong rock band the Sounders, has been on a farewell tour performing as Thai Sounders. His final show is set for the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on Feb. 10.
May 13, 2024 at 3:03 AM. Singer Maa Vue, left, and music teacher Luke Aumann react after Appleton North High School's choir performed one of Vue’s original songs during a rehearsal for the ...
Current Vang professional headshot, by Peter Phung. Bee Vang ( RPA: Npis Vaj, Pahawh: 𖬃𖬰𖬨𖬵 𖬖𖬰𖬜, Chinese-Mandarin: 王陛; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood 's 2008 film Gran Torino as Thao Vang Lor. [1]
Lusheng. The lusheng ( simplified Chinese: 芦笙; traditional Chinese: 蘆笙; pinyin: lú shēng, pronounced [lǔʂə́ŋ]; Vietnamese: Khèn Mông; also spelled lu sheng; spelled ghengx in standard Hmong and qeej in Laotian RPA Hmong) is a Hmong musical instrument. It has a long history of 3000 years in China, traced back to the Tang Dynasty.