World Language Resources Asia Close-Up
Product ID: 3392
Product Name Asia Close-Up
Special Price $29.95
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Brief Description: In Japan, 13-year-old schoolgirl Satomi Tamura shares details of her life in historic Kyoto, Japan, as viewers follow her to English and character painting classes, her home, a cemetery, and a Shinto shrine. 14 mins. In Cambodia, Sok Thea, a 13-year-old Cambodian boy, tells how the loss of his leg to a land mine changed his relationship with his family and friends, as he struggles to use his new prosthesis. One of thousands of Cambodians maimed or killed in the country's genocidal civil war, Sok gives viewers a look into rural Cambodian life. 14
Supporting language: Cambodian (Khmer)
Platform supported: VHS Video Tape