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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. 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 ...

4. Hmong Cultural Center Museum - Wikipedia

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   Hmong Cultural Center Museum. / 44.9560; -93.1158. The Hmong Cultural Center Museum, situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is an institution operated by the Hmong Cultural Center dedicated to preserving and promoting the heritage, history, and experiences of the Hmong people. It is one of the few museums in the US dedicated to this specific culture.

5. Maa Vue, known as the 'Hmong Adele,' collaborates with ...

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   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 ...

6. Hmong Americans - Wikipedia

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   The 2008 film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood, was the first mainstream US film to feature Hmong Americans. Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski , an elderly, racist Korean War veteran living in Detroit, Michigan who befriends a Hmong teenager named Thao, played by Bee Vang , who previously tries to steal his Gran Torino as an initiation into a ...

7. Between Two Worlds (2021 film) - Wikipedia

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   Box office. $3.9 million [1] Between Two Worlds ( French: Ouistreham) is a 2021 French drama film directed by Emmanuel Carrère, loosely based on Florence Aubenas 's 2010 autobiographical book The Night Cleaner. The film stars Juliette Binoche. The film had its world premiere as the opening film of the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2021 ...

8. Center for Hmong Arts and Talent - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

9. Hmong people - Wikipedia

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   The Hmong immigrant population of Detroit is a central focus of the 2008 film Gran Torino, though that city does not have a significant Hmong population. Religious persecution [ edit ] Hmong Catholics , Protestants and animists have been subjected to military attacks, police arrest, imprisonment, forced disappearances , extrajudicial killings ...