Ancestors in the Americas Coolies Sailors Settlers (1996)

Explores how people from the Philippines China and India first arrived on the shores of North and South America their survival amid harsh conditions remigrations and settlement in the Americas The film travels across oceans and centuries of time to trace the globally interlocking story of East and West Ancestors in the Americas is a twopart series that presents the history challenges and lasting impact of early Asian immigrants to the Americas from the 1700s to the 1900s The series follows their littleknown journeys and stories reveals their pioneering struggle against racial hatred and for basic rights and depicts their lasting cultural legal and economic contributions to the building of the Americas Using a documemoir approach ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS brings to life this largely undocumented past and invites a new understanding of American history