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The American Dream: An Illusion or Reality for Latino Immigrants

Wang Wenyu (b. 1941) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Yindian Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. He worked for railroad and dam construction as a teenager. In this interview, Wang recalls the hardships on the construction site and in his family during the Great Famine (or what he calls 'the transitional period'). The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Wang Xiangzhen (b. 1938) is a resident of Jimingqiao Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Wang recounts how the dinners to recall past bitterness eaten at the Chinese New Year, and the consequential conflict between her and her mother-in-law caused by a small bow of meat.

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Wang Xiuqin (b. 1936) was born in Zoujia Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. During the Great Famine, Wang and her husband were working in a nearby town named Zhangjiadian, where they survived the hardest time. She says that she does not know the reason for the famine. She only heard that their team leader's superiors refused to give out food, and that there was grain in the barns but it was not for villagers. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.