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2. Gran Torino - Wikipedia

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   Gran Torino. Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and 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.

3. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Wikipedia

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   OCLC. 47352453. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures is a 1997 book by Anne Fadiman that chronicles the struggles of a Hmong refugee family from Houaysouy, Sainyabuli Province, Laos, [1] the Lees, and their interactions with the health care system in Merced, California.

4. List of Gran Torino characters - Wikipedia

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   Several characters of Gran Torino. From left to right, Walt Kowalski ( Clint Eastwood ), Thao Vang Lor ( Bee Vang ), Vu Lor (Brooke Chia Thao), Gran (Chee Thao), and Sue Lor ( Ahney Her ). The following is a list of significant characters who feature in the 2008 film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood . Casting calls were held in Fresno ...

5. Bee Vang - Wikipedia

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   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, 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 ...

6. Story of Pao - Wikipedia

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   Story of Pao or Pao's Story ( Vietnamese: Chuyện của Pao) is a 2006 Vietnamese film. [1] [2] [3] It stars Đỗ Thị Hải Yến who also starred in The Quiet American, and was directed and written by her husband Ngô Quang Hải. It is set among the Hmong people of North Vietnam. The film had premiered in the First Films World Competition ...

7. Hmong customs and culture - Wikipedia

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   The Flower Hmong are known for very brightly colored embroidered traditional costumes with beaded fringe. An important element of Hmong clothing and culture is the paj ntaub, (pronounced pun dow) a complex form of traditional textile art created using stitching, reverse-stitching, and reverse applique.

8. Air America (film) - Wikipedia

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   Air America. (film) Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots flying missions in Laos during the Vietnam War. [2] When the protagonists discover their aircraft is being used by government agents to smuggle heroin, they must avoid being ...

9. Boat People (film) - Wikipedia

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   Boat People. (film) Boat People ( Chinese: 投奔怒海; pinyin: Tóubēn Nù Hǎi; Cantonese Yale: Tau ban no hoi; lit. 'Into the Raging Sea') is a Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui, first shown in theatres in 1982. The film stars George Lam, Andy Lau, Cora Miao, and Season Ma. At the second Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People won awards for ...