Tells the past and possible futures of two blocks of buildings that form the heart of Chinatown in Seattle. Recounts the history of Chinese immigration to Seattle and the restrictive immigration policies that, for decades, caused the Chinese population to be chiefly single men who needed a center for their lives. These buildings have filled those needs in various ways, first as labor clearing-houses, stores, and lodging, and currently as stores and homes for family and cultural organization.
In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver.
When a large corporation threatens to take over a small town's primary business and put half of the town's population out of work, sawmill owner Logan Reeser is the only one who can stand in their way.
Famous writer Alexander contracts a terminal illness. He receives a letter from his wife describing a summer day 30 years ago, and leaves his seaside home to remember his past.
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
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Have you watched Finding Home in Chinatown: The Kong Yick Buildings yet? What did you think about it?
