I-Detroit ye-Hmong Population, uNick Schenk, Izicwangciso, indawo
Ngenxa yesiphumo serhafu esadlulileyo kunyaka odlulileyo nguMbuso waseMichigan, ukubonakala kwenkwenkwezi kwindawo yeMetro Detroit kufumana isitya esikhulile. Ngokuqinisekileyo, satshatyalaliswa yifilimu yokuqala yokudubula apha: iGran Torino , i-movie nguClint Eastwood.
Ibali
UGran Torino u malunga noWalt Kowalski, umqeshwa waseFeti waseFransi owayethathe umhlalaphantsi, ohlala kwixesha elide elihlala kwindawo. Intliziyo yebali ibhekiselele ekucaleni ubudlelwane bukaKowalski kunye nabamelwane bakhe abasondeleyo kwiHmong.
Indawo yaseDetroit
Ngoko yayikuphi indlu kaKowalski? Ngaba uyayibona icawa okanye isitolo sehadi? Ngokutsho kwinqaku eDetroit Free Press ngoDisemba 21, 2008 - Ukujonga i-Grand Torino? Ingabonakala iqhelekileyo - iindawo ezisetyenziselwa kwiGran Torino zilandelayo:
- Indlu kaKowalski itholakala kwiRhode Island Street e-Highland Park
- Ibandla apho uKowalski ehamba khona kumngcwabo womfazi wakhe yiStrose Catholic Church eGrosse Pointe Park
- Isitoreji se-hardware i-Pointe Hardware kwiGrosse Pointe Park.
- Indlu apho indodana kaKowalski ihlala khona kwiBallantyne Road eGrosse Pointe Shores.
- Isitolo se-barber yisitolo se-Bargren se-Barber kwi-11 Mile eRoyal Oak. I-CandGNews.com ithumele isihloko esicacileyo malunga nokusetyenziswa kwayo njengendawo kwindawo kaJanuwari 7, 2009.
- Indawo apho iKowalski idibana nabahlobo bayo isiselo yi-VFW Post 6756 kwi-Centreline.
- Indlu yegciwane leHmong i-Pilgrim Street e-Highland Park.
I-movie yadutshulwa ngaphezu kweentsuku ezingama-33 kwaye abasebenzi basebenzi bachithe ngaphezu kwe-$ 10 yezigidi ngelixa besedolophini.
Ukubeka kwiSkripthi
Ngoxa iindawo ezazisetyenziswa kwiGran Torino zaseDetroit, ngaba ibali lilapha apha? Ingaba ibali elisekelwe kuyo, kwinqanaba elithile, kumzabalazo womntu wangempela kwindawo yaseD Detroit?
Impendulo emfutshane ayikho. Isilungiselelo sokuqala kwendali yayinguMinneapolis, eMinnesota, ikhaya eliya ku-screenwriter uNick Schenk, kunye noluntu oluqhelekileyo lwe-Hmong. Enyanisweni, ininzi yama-250,000 eHmong eUnited States ihlala eWisconsin, eMinnesota naseCalifornia. Ngokutsho kwinqaku e- Los Angeles Times , umbhali wesikrini sokuqala uSkhenk wabhala iskripthi kwi-bar ngelixesha lokuphuma emsebenzini wakhe ekwakheni. Enyanisweni, ibali lihamba malunga neGran Torino kuba uSkhenk wayehlala kwisixhobo seF Ford kwaye wayefuna imoto ibe ngumzekelo weFransi, kungekhona njenge-ode ukuya kwi-rolewood eyaziwayo e-Eastwood.
Ukubeka kwi-Movie
I-Eastwood isetyenziselwa indawo yaseDetroit endaweni yeendawo eMinnesota ngenxa yokuvuselelwa kwentela entsha enikwa nguMichigan. Kwakunceda ukuba iDetroit inabemi baseHmong, nangona kungenjalo njengento eninzi eMinnesota. Ummandla we-metro uhlala kwiintlobo zeFransi ezininzi. Ngelixa i-Eastwood isetyenziselwa indawo kuyo yonke indawo yaseMetro Detroit enokuthi ibonakale ngabemi, ukubeka kwi-movie akuchazwa kakhulu. Siyazi ukuba uKowalski uhlala eMidwest kwaye ungumsebenzi wefestile wangaphambili waseFransi, kwaye, ngenye indlela, "uphawu lweSharlevoix" lwezitalato lubonakala. I-drive ngokuhamba kweLake Shore Drive kwiGrosse Pointe Farms ekupheleni kwe-movie ibonakala ithi ngenxa yeLake St.
I-Clair ngasemva, kodwa i-reference engqalileyo ivela kummandla obandakanya unyana kaKowalski apho ezama ukusebenzisana noyise ukuba athole iikhoyithi zexesha lexesha-umcimbi unokufumana ukuba okunokwenzeka ukuba ibhayisikobho yafakwa eMinnesota, apho iVikings amathikithi asemfuno.
Hmong e Detroit
Inyaniso kukuba abantu baseGran Torino bahlala eLetroit. Ummandla we-metro unabantu abaninzi be-Hmong. Ngokutsho kwinqaku e -Detroit News , inani likaHmong ohlala eMichigan ngo-2005 lalingama-15,000. I-Hmong ihlala ikakhulu kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo zaseDetroit , ePontiac naseWarren.
Ngokutsho kwinqaku, iHmong eMichigan yafuduka apha evela e-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, apho yayihlala khona njengamafama asekuqaleni ezintabeni zaseLaos. Baye baqashwa yi-US kwimfazwe yaseVietnam kwaye kwafuneka babalekele kwiinkampu zababaleki eThailand xa i-US ihambile.
U-Hmong wokuqala wafika e-US kwiminyaka ye-1980 kunye ne-90. Eyona nto yafika kwiminyaka ye-2000 yokuqala xa iUnited States yavula imimiselo. Njengoko kunokulindelwa, i-Hmong yenkcubeko yenkxalabo ekufikeni kwabo eUnited States njengoko bekunzima ukujongana nezinto ezinamhlanje kwaye bazama ukufumana umsebenzi naphezu kwezinto zokuhamba kunye nobunzima beelwimi.
Abadlali baseGran Torino
Abathathu abathathi kunye nabangaphezu kwe-500 eyongezelelweyo kwifilimu babesetyenziswe kwiindawo ezizenzekelayo nge-Aging Pound & Mooney. Ukufumana abadlali be-Hmong, iPound & Mooney yahlola umdlalo webhola le-Hmong eMacomb County. Ngenxa yoko, abalingisi abangama-75 baseHmong bendawo bavela kwifilimu. Abadlali abakhulu kwifilimu, iBee Vang (Thao) kunye neAhney Her (Sue), nangona kunjalo, isichotho esivela eMinnesota naseLansing, eMichigan ngokulandelanayo.
Iinkcukacha ezithe xaxe:
- Abadlali be-Hmong Ukwenza imbali: Ababi abaGrey of Eastwood kaGran Torino nguLouisa Schein / Hmong namhlanje (9/3/08)
- Community Hmong of Metro-Detroit, Inc., iforum
- Hmong eMelika , i-documentary
Imithombo:
- Ubomi njengeGosa lokuLawula: Akunjalo iGran? nguJulie Yolles / DetroitMakeItHere.com (1/9/09)
- I-'Gran Torino 'iClint Eastwood inobuso obuqhelekileyo bobuFlint , kuquka iAlexandro Mireles nguCarol Azizian / The Flint Journal (1/3/09)