Vietnamese Americans create their own community along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, building businesses, churches, and neighborhoods. Prosperity comes in the form of legalized gaming, but a storm on the horizon threatens everything they’ve worked to achieve.
The film tells the story of Ah Quon McElrath who became one of the islands’ most influential leaders, giving voice to Hawaiʻi’s working class.
With unseen documents and new sources, witness the story of how two countries came together to produce one of history’s greatest monuments.
In this Spectrum Hawai‘i episode from 1983, learn the history of the fashion industry in Hawai‘i and hear from leading local designers of the time.
Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night.
Reminders of home entice Vietnamese refugees toward the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
New archeological discoveries reveal how pivotal the ancient empire of Great Zimbabwe was to global trade between the 11th and 15th centuries.
Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political thinkers of the 20th century, who transformed her time as a political prisoner and refugee during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism which continue to resonate today.
As the North Vietnamese Army marches toward Saigon, South Vietnamese desperately search for a way out. Hope dwindles as the promise of freedom dims, but a lucky few find escape by air and water.
An unprecedented discovery could reveal new information about Cleopatra’s reign.