California’s Promise by Rani Chor

Why do Cambodian American stories disappear—both from family albums and from school curricula? In this documentary, producer Rani Chor follows one community’s effort to reclaim its history, asking what happens to identity, power, and belonging when a people’s past is left untaught. In California’s first model curriculum for Cambodian Americans, we find these lost stories. Produced with support from the Braden Storytelling Grant and the Stanford Storytelling Project. Interviewees: Ratha Kim, owner of Rajana Threads Bandaul Chansy, Kindergarten Teacher, Long Beach Unified Youk Chhang, Executive Director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) Marika Manos, Project Lead, History/Social Science Manager of OCDE Joshua Brown, Project Manager, Model Curriculum, OCDE Matthew O’Donnell, Program Specialist on Cambodian American Studies Model Curriculum, OCDE Music Credits: Cambodian Rock and Roll -- Yol Aularong + Tuk - Sou Slarp Kroam Kombut Srey (Rather Die Under the Woman's Sword) Cambodian American Studies Curriculum: https://camodelcurricula.ucdavis.edu/cambodian-american-studies