1) ASSIGNED LECTURE SLIDESHOW – Lecture Slideshow – Hmong Documentaries – Documentary Film Review and Interview by Valerie Orlando 2) VIEW / STREAM ONLINE In this week’s discussion, and in preparation for your weekly response assignment, you are asked to reply to from the list below, and . Your posts to discuss how is constructed by the Hmong community in France, the United States and South-East Asia by This assignment is an opportunity to expand and build on ideas you explored in the Online Discussion Forum for this week’s . In this week’s discussion, and in preparation for your weekly response assignment, you are asked to reply to ( , and to support your comments or arguments. Your posts to discuss how told by the Hmong community in France, the United States and South-East Asia enables them to (their memory of the past) and to them. In your answer, please use This week’s online discussion was a preparation for your weekly response assignment below, in which we begin to explore and brainstorm answers informally within the discussion forum as a class. In this assignment, you are asked to reply to ( , and to support your comments or arguments. Your posts to discuss how told by the Hmong community in France, the United States and South-East Asia enables them to (their memory of the past) and to them. In your answer, please use Choose discussion point from the following list to present your critical reflection on the main issues and themes explored in the film (2015): a. In the film, experts, historians and French and American government officials offer their specific perspectives on the history of the Hmong people. What do we learn from them about Hmong people ? Give specific examples from the film. b. What are the highlights of Liachoua Lee’s trip to France? Why is this trip important for him ? How does his help us gain insight into what was erased from official French and America ? c. What are the most important moments of Liachoua Lee’s trip to Laos (his native country)? How did this trip change him? What more facts did his son Cedric learn about his father’s past and his family history ? d. During his
travels, Liachoua Lee encounters different people along the way. Give one example of these encounter and describe how it unfolded and its significance for Liachoua. What are the moments that you find emotionally powerful or interesting in the film and why ? – Choose discussion point from the list below to share your critical reflection on the main issues and themes explored in the film (2017): Describe the highlights of the journey of Justin, Joshua and Bella to Laos, to their cultural roots, through their travel to the country of origin of their parents for the first time in their lives: who did they travel with? why? who are the people they meet there? what places do they visit? what is the focus of their conversations? how does this trip impact them? How do the stories of other young Hmong people interviewed in the film portray their relationship to French society? Discuss how they view their place in French society: do they feel completely integrated as French citizens, or do they feel invisible, and how/why? Give a specific example from the film and discuss. How do experts interviewed in the film explain the situation of Hmong people in American and French society? cite specific quotes that reflect their views on factors that contribute to their situation. How does Cedric Lee, the voiceover and key young Hmong participant in the film, describe his own journey and identity? how does he view his relationship to Detroit and to American society? How does he view his relationship to France and Laos? how do they fit in his individual identity? How is their memory work connected with their desire to fit and create a place for themselves in French society and American society? What moments in the film do you consider thematically significant and why? give very specific examples from the film to support your answer. : Read Robert McMichael, “We-Insist-Freedom Now.” Offer at least a 700 word summary of the article. Include mention of at least 3 major artists and 3 songs. Also, additionally, address the following: much of this jazz music is instrumental; discuss what effect not having lyrics might have on the interpretation and reception of this music.