Home Free

Duration: 20

Genre: Educational

Creator: Glen Salzman

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This film reverses the traditional story of the ethnic child assimilating into North American culture by placing a white child in a new cultural environment. Ten-year-old Kathy has just moved from the country into an urban Chinese American neighborhood. At school, Kathy feels lonely and isolated. When she is invited to a classmate's birthday party, she is again confronted by all her fears and superstitions. Kathy overcomes her insecurity with the help of her classmate's grandmother.

Complete Record: This film reverses the traditional story of the ethnic child assimilating into North American culture by placing a white child in a new cultural environment. Ten-year-old Kathy has just moved from the country into an urban Chinese American neighborhood. At school, Kathy feels lonely and isolated. When she is invited to a classmate's birthday party, she is again confronted by all her fears and superstitions. Kathy overcomes her insecurity with the help of her classmate's grandmother., This film reverses the traditional story of the ethnic child assimilating into North American culture by placing a white child in a new cultural environment. Ten-year-old Kathy has just moved from the country into an urban Chinese American neighborhood. At school, Kathy feels lonely and isolated. When she is invited to a classmate's birthday party, she is again confronted by all her fears and superstitions. Kathy overcomes her insecurity with the help of her classmate's grandmother. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.