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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: π¬π¬°π¬¨π¬΅ π¬π¬°π¬; 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 Torino as Thao Vang Lor.
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.
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 ...
The term Hmong is the English pronunciation of the Hmong's native name. It is a singular and plural noun (e.g., Japanese, French, etc.). Very little is known about the native Hmong name as it is not mentioned in Chinese historical records, since the Han identified the Hmong as Miao. The meaning of it is debatable and no one is sure of its ...
Huang Fei-hong: King of the Lions (2011) How Huang Fei-hong Rescued the Orphan from the Tiger's Den (2011) Badges of Fury (2013) Played by Jet Li. Rise of the Legend (2014) Played by Peng Yuyan. Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So (2016) Beggar So Played by Jun Cao. Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-ying (2017 TV movie) Wong Kei-ying ...
Lue Yang (RPA: Luj Yaj, Pahawh: π¬π¬Άπ¬ π¬π¬°π¬€) 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 ...
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 ...
Life in a Day. (2011 film) Life in a Day is a crowd-sourced documentary film comprising an arranged series of video clips selected from 80,000 clips submitted to the YouTube video sharing website, the clips showing respective occurrences from around the world on a single day, 24 July 2010. The film is 94 minutes 53 seconds long [1] and includes ...