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Additional authors

1. Hunter-Gault, Charlayne.
2. Globalvision, Inc.
3. Chip Taylor Communications.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. In China, desperate people pay gangsters, called "snakeheads", thousands of dollars to be smuggled into the U.S. only to find uncertain job prospects and possible deportation or incarceration. This program shows footage of unbridled "snakehead" activities in China, the inside of a Chinese "slave ship" bound for New York, and the plight of illegal immigrants in New York's Chinatown.

Series statement

1. Rights and wrongs series

Alternative title

1. US: Snakeheads : illegal Chinese immigration
2. U.S.: Snakeheads
3. Illegal Chinese immigrants
4. Illegal Chinese immigration

Subject

1. Human rights > China
2. Human rights > United States
3. Immigrants > United States
4. Noncitizens > United States
5. Undocumented immigration > United States
6. China > Emigration and immigration
7. United States > Emigration and immigration

Call number

1. *UGS-838

Note

1. Title from cassette label.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, Brian Peter Falk.

Audience (note)

1. Junior high school - adults.

System details (note)

1. VHS

Title

1. US: Snakeheads [videorecording] : illegal Chinese immigrants / produced by Global Vision, Inc.

Imprint

1. Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 1997.

Series

1. Rights and wrongs series

System details

1. VHS

Credits

1. Producer, Brian Peter Falk.

Performer

1. Host, Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

Audience

1. Junior high school - adults.

Added author

1. Hunter-Gault, Charlayne.
2. Globalvision, Inc.
3. Chip Taylor Communications.

Research call number

1. *UGS-838 [Video]