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Dear Miriam:

I have used clips from "A Walk In the Clouds" for Mexican American
culture colliding with Anglo culture - the scene where the son returns
home from Berkeley for the annual grape harvest also depicts younger
generation/older generation issues of cultural assimilation>

"Joy Luck Club" is great for Chinese/Chinese American culture
colliding with Anglo culture;
the scene where the daughter Waverly brings home her Anglo fiance to
her mother's house for the first time and they all have supper
together is great for this. The debrief needs to address the Anglo's
cultural frame and intentions for his actions, not only his
obliviousness to the Chinese cultural norms.

Hope this is helpful.
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Heather Wishik
Heather Wishik Consulting
Organization Development & Diversity
PO Box 983
Provincetown, MA 02657 USA
1-508-487-5696

Miriam,

If you're looking for general 2-4min long clips, how about:

Stargate - where the sociologist has to learn how to communicate with another
race entirely, and do so despite their fear of writing

Indiana Jones & Temple of Doom - where they are invited to eat a meal involving
Money's Brains and a mysterious soup with the Maharaja...

Peter

Dr Peter Morgan
Senior University Teacher
University of Bradford School of Management
Bradford, UK


Quoting Heather Wishik <hrwptown@GMAIL.COM>:

> Dear Miriam:
>
> I have used clips from "A Walk In the Clouds" for Mexican American
> culture colliding with Anglo culture - the scene where the son returns
> home from Berkeley for the annual grape harvest also depicts younger
> generation/older generation issues of cultural assimilation>
>
> "Joy Luck Club" is great for Chinese/Chinese American culture
> colliding with Anglo culture;
> the scene where the daughter Waverly brings home her Anglo fiance to
> her mother's house for the first time and they all have supper
> together is great for this. The debrief needs to address the Anglo's
> cultural frame and intentions for his actions, not only his
> obliviousness to the Chinese cultural norms.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
> --
> Heather Wishik
> Heather Wishik Consulting
> Organization Development & Diversity
> PO Box 983
> Provincetown, MA 02657 USA
> 1-508-487-5696
>


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Ronda Callister wrote:

> While we are generating such great examples,of cross-cultural video
> clips I would love to know if some of you have found short movie clips
> of cross-cultural interactions that illustrate some of Hofstede's
> five dimensions: power distance, uncertainty avoidance,
> individualism/collectivism, masculine/feminine (aka career
> success/quality of life) and long-term/short-term?
>
> Ronda Callister
> Utah State University
>
>
Hello, Ronda,
One of my favorite cross-cultural movies is an 1980s Michael Keaton
story, "Gung Ho," about a Japanese company that "rescues" a factory that
has been closed by its American automaker. Are you familiar with the
cultural value dimensions and research associated with the GLOBE
project? Take care.
Larry Howard
Middle Tennessee State University
"Go Mizzou!"