The Chinese Teahouse restaurant in Plymouth, MN. | Photo by Mary Stucky
Mary Stucky is proud to have been a contributing producer to this Peabody award-winning documentary series about the history of Asian-American immigration to the United States.
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May 2nd, 2009 | By Round Earth Media
What’s Cooking? Dosas
Rashmi and Kabir Sharma eating Dosas in their apartment just north of Delhi. | All Photos by Mary Stucky
Dosas are a a sort of thin crepe wrapped around a filling — often potatoes — as popular in India as pancakes here. Savory. Crispy. Eaten all day long. Making the perfect dosa starts days before it’s eaten.
May 1st, 2009 | By Round Earth Media
The Profile of a Ragpicker in India
Lekh Ram weighing newspapers at his shop in Ambala, India. | Photo by Michael Beebe
Throughout the world it’s sometimes surprising to find people still doing jobs that disappeared in wealthy countries centuries ago. One example: rag pickers. Men, women and even children who pick through trash, looking for items of value.
Today there are still millions of rag pickers in India. Only the lowest caste people do what is obviously an unpleasant and demeaning job. But Mary Stucky met a rag picker in Ambala Cantt, a city north of Delhi, who does this job with dignity and hopes to give his children a better future.
June 1st, 2007 | By Round Earth Media
A Walnut Grove Welcome
A Hmong home in Walnut Grove. | Photo by Mary Stucky
Walnut Grove, Minnesota was the real life setting for the TV series “Little House on the Prairie.” But its population and business community was eroding until Hmong refugees from Laos showed up. They received such a friendly reception in Walnut Grove others followed. Now Hmong refugees make up a third of the town’s population. And Walnut Grove is prospering and growing. (more…)
May 14th, 1993 | By Round Earth Media
One Thousand Tibetans
A man participates in Tibetan New Year religious ceremonies at the Tibetan cultural center in St. Paul, MN. | © Keri Pickett
Followers of the Dalai Lama start a new life where it’s just as cold as Tibet…but a lot flatter. Minnesota meets an ancient culture in this documentary by Round Earth Productions’ Mary Losure.
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