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A.K.A. Don Bonus

A young Cambodian who now lives in San Francisco has made a documentary about his experiences. His family escaped the Khmer Rouge to settle in the projects of San Francisco. During his senior year in high school, Bonus - who changed his name, as he says, to become Americanized and to avoid having his classmates make fun of his Cambodian name - was given a video camera to tape his life in America. He shot more than 70 hours of videotape...his family, friends, and sometimes himself talking candidly into the camera. His one-hour documentary (edited down with the help of San Francisco filmmaker Spencer Nakasako) won a Golden Gate award at last year's San Francisco International Film Festival and makes its television premiere tonight on the PBS series, "P.O.V." Heidi Chang reports.

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