A five-part narrative series aired featuring Chinese American children and their friends, dealing with themes of personal identity, intercultural contacts and generational relations in the settings of school, family and community. It set a precedent for Sesame Street. She made the short series for teachers and Chinese activists who wanted the children “ to see a little bit of themselves in their natural setting,” Ding said in a 1992 interview.
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Chinatown Rebels
Engage with the visioning of the nation’s oldest Chinatown, a place that continues to reinterpret and reinvent itself.