Outreach
Video Lending Library
Japan
- Program Title: My Family
- EASC Code: JV-03
- Series Title: Video Letter from Japan
- Region/Country: Japan, United States
- Language: Japan
- Subtitles: English
- Subject: Sociology
- Program Type: Documentary
- Media Type: VHS
- Director:
- Producer: Asia Society
- Release Date: 1983
- Running Time: 26 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: VIDEO LETTER FROM JAPAN: MY FAMILY is one in a series of 25 minute videocassettes with
teacher's manuals and posters, produced by The Asia Society and TDK. The aim of THE VIDEO
LETTER series is to introduce Japan, as seen through the eyes of typical Japanese six graders,
to American students. A background essay highlights the traditional family, the modern family, and the role of women in the family. The video shows the interior of two homes and observes the different ways in which families use space. - Data Entry Date: 2/2/1999
