Tag: movies
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Michigan’s greatest movies: Who won, Eddie Murphy, Clint Eastwood or Eminem?
Gran Torino’ is a big surprise,” says Lee of the No. 1 status of this story of a retired widower who faces off against his neighbors in the Hmong community, then slowly develops a relationship with … Read Full Article
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From ‘Gran Torino’ to ‘Richard Jewell’: A decade of Clint Eastwood’s most bigoted movies
Since its release, Gran Torino has been criticized for perpetuating negative stereotypes of Hmong immigrants. ABC News on YouTube Eastwood seems drawn to contentious and complicated narratives, but he … Read Full Article
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4 Great Vietnamese Movies (P2)
This touching story of a Hmong tribe girl and her family stars the highly talented Do Thi Hai Yen in the title role. The movie is set near Dong Van in Ha Giang Province, a breathtakingly beautiful mou… Read Full Article
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10 Most Interesting Immigration Movies Of All-Time
The film features the classic line “Get off my lawn.” Why it’s interesting: The near-perfect script shows Eastwood getting involved in the lives of his Hmong neighbors in a surprising way. 2) Moscow o… Read Full Article
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LIST: Most successful movies made in Metro Detroit
This drama was directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred as a widowed Korean War veteran who begrudgingly starts a relationship with the Hmong community within Highland Park Filmed in Royal Oak, Center Line, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe … Read Full Article
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Here’s Why In-Flight Movies Make You Cry Like a Baby
On my first transatlantic flight I’d cued up Gran Torino, which stars Clint Eastwood as Walt, a salty old Marine who between racial slurs enjoys drinking PBR and yelling at Hmong kids to get off his lawn. Not exactly your standard tear-jerker. Read Full Article
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Summer resources for kids, families
Appleton Public Library has summer reading programs, story time for kids, events in Spanish and Hmong, a Lego Lab and more. Go to www.APL.org/kids for more information. Elisa D. Smith Public Library in Menasha shows movies in the summertime, magic shows … Read Full Article
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DCE student videos show ‘wonder of science’
Students created movies, Animoto shows or Google presentations that explored the physics of motion for football, gymnastics, Hmong dancing, shooting a basketball, putting spin on a soccer ball, powerlifting, swimming, wrestling takedowns, disc golf … Read Full Article