The family business [videorecording] : the last generation / Martha Chono-Helsley. [1987]

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The family business [videorecording] : the last generation / Martha Chono-Helsley. [1987]

This documentary traces the history of a laundry business in the small town of Corcoran, California, and the Japanese-American family that owned and operated it for three generations, from 1920 to 1979.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (18 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original (2 copies)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6911981

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Chono-Helsley, Martha

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Nakagawa, Alan

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Long Beach museum of art

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The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA) was among the first to focus on video as an artistic medium, spurring similar efforts throughout the United States. Beginning in 1974 the museum began collecting and exhibiting video art, later also actively encouraging the development of video art by co-producing projects and offering editing facilities to artists in its Video Annex. The museum's innovative approaches to the display of video art included several experiments with broadcast and cable television...