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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - LGBTQ Representation in Contemporary Vietnamese Film: A Screening of Song Lang and Chat with Director Leon Le
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\nPlease join us for a film screening with: \nLeon Le\, Filmmaker and Director \nand \nYing Qian\, Assistant Professor\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, \nColumbia University \n Takuya Tsunoda Assistant Professor of Japanese Film and Media\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\,\nColumbia University  \nModerated by:\, \nJohn Phan\, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, \nColumbia University \n  \nLGBTQ representation in Vietnamese film—itself only a recently burgeoning artistform and industry—has been virtually nonexistent. And yet\, the film industry in Vietnam has experienced a meteoric development over the past fifteen years or so—overlapping almost precisely\, with a rapid and dramatic transformation in social attitudes towards sexuality\, and especially same-sex relationships. While LGBTQ relationships and identities have always been a part of Vietnamese culture over long centuries of development\, the past fifteen years have witnessed a turn towards explicit embrace\, as well as a broadening concept of sexuality and relationship\, beyond simple and strict notions of homo-versus heterosexuality. This broadening has included the representation of deeply emotive same-sex relationships that have less to do with sexual liberation than they have to do with the revival and/or reconsideration of a diversity of emotional relationships that occur between members of the same sex—including the erotic and romantic. \nAbout the Speaker: \nWriter/Director Leon Le emigrated to the US at the age of 13\, and after making a name for himself as an actor in the New York’s musical theater scene\, has gone on to become an award-winning director. His two previous films\, Dawn (2013) and My Mother (2014) both earned him multiple awards\, including Best Short Film for Dawn (VIFFI)\, Best Director for Dawn (YXINEFF)\, Best Director and Best Actor for My Mother\, and Best LGBT Short Film (YXINEFF) for both Dawn and My Mother. Mr. Le has recently completed his first feature-length film titled Song Lang\, which was filmed entirely in Vietnam and focuses on the relationship between a local gangster and an actor in a Cai Luong ‘reform opera’ troupe under the control of the gang. The film has been praised not only for its rich visual vocabulary\, sense of tone and atmosphere\, homage to the artform of Cai Luong opera\, and uniquely nostalgic look at 1980s Saigon\, but also for its sensitive and moving expression of a relationship between two men that defies social categorization. The film was also screened at a festival held at Film at Lincoln Center this past summer\, to critical acclaim. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Arts and Culture event. \nNo registration required \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nApril 15\, 2020 \n7:00 PM-10:00 PM\n  \nADDRESS\n\nLenfest Center for the Arts\, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room \n615 W 129th St \n  \nCosponors; Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Film and Media Studies at the Columbia School of the Arts
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/lgbtq-representation-in-contemporary-vietnamese-film-a-screening-of-song-lang-and-chat-with-director-leon-le/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200325T213000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Dangerous Youth (1969): Taiwan Dialect Cinema of the 1960s screening and discussion
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\nPlease join us for a film screening with: \nChun-chi Wang 王君琦\, director \n Taiwan Film Institute \nModerated by: \nYing Qian\, Assistant Professor\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, \nColumbia University \nTaiwan cinema has been mostly known by its New Wave in the 1980s and its New Wave auteurs Hou Hsiao-Hsien\, Edward Yang\, and others. Recently the art films of Tsai Ming-liang has also attracted a lot of scholarly attention. But Taiwan cinema of the 1950s and 1960s have been overlooked. This is actually similar to Chinese cinema of the 1950s and 1960s\, or Korean cinema of that period. In East Asia\, except for Japan\, all other countries’ cinema cultures seem to only become internationally visible from the 1980s or 1990s. \nEven within Chinese cinema studies\, Taiwan’s dialect cinema has often been regarded as trashy\, conservative\, traditional and equated with opera films. Dangerous Youth and a large number of Taiwan dialect films restored by the Taiwan Film Institute\, subvert all the stereotypes. \nMade in 1969\, Dangerous Youth is a youth film with resonance to the larger 1960s youth culture in the world\, and proceeds the youth films by the Taiwan new wave\, such as those by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang. \nFeaturing a love triangle between a prostitute\, a pimp\, and a procuress\, Dangerous Youth is perhaps the most confrontational and yet stylistic of all Taiwanese-dialect films in its depiction of a morally corrupt capitalist society. In the film\, one’s own body can be easily sold in exchange for money\, while pleasure is bought and replaced at a fast pace. Save for the much harried and harassed female protagonist\, each character is driven by his or her own impulses and implicated in a larger web of machination one way or another. Using a speeding motorbike as the central metaphor for a youth in distress\, the film’s unflinching look at carnal desire and its new wave aesthetic establishes it as a pioneer of Taiwan’s youth films. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Chang received her doctorate degree in Cinema-Television Critical Studies from the University of Southern California. She taught at the Department of English at National Dong Hwa University in Hualien County shortly after returning to Taiwan\, with an academic history mainly focused on the portrayal of gender and sexuality as well as the cultural history of films. \nIn recent years\, she had expanded her research areas to include Taiwanese-language cinema and filmmaking as a social practice while pushing forward film education and offering cultural materials in remote areas of Taiwan by holding film festivals and related activities. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Arts and Culture event. \nNo registration required \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nMarch 25\, 2020 \n7:00 PM-9:30 PM\n  \nADDRESS\n\nDodge Hall\, Room 511 \n2960 Broadway
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/dangerous-youth-1969-taiwan-dialect-cinema-of-the-1960s-screening-and-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T190000
DTSTAMP:20191021T201640Z
CREATED:20191007T144326Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion of Boys for Sale (売買ボーイズ)
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n  \nPlease join us for a film screening of Boys for Sale (売買ボーイズ)  and discussion with: \n  \nIan Thomas Ash\, filmmaker and producer \nModerated by:  \nKim Brandt\, Research Scholar\, Weatherhead East Asian Institute \nColumbia University \n  \nThe event will focus on the screening of the 2017 documentary film Boys for Sale (売買ボーイズ) followed by remarks by the producer\, Ian Thomas Ash. \nAbout the film: In the Tokyo district of Shinjuku 2-chome there are bars that specialize in “Urisen”\, young guys who have sex with men. Featuring candid interviews and interspersed with animation detailing the awkward\, sweet\, and sometimes horrific situations these young sex workers experience\, the boys for sale boldly tell their stories of life in the Tokyo underground. This documentary is an illuminating look into a rarely seen world that tantalizingly shows the humanity of sex work. \nAbout the speaker:  \nBorn in America\, Ian Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the University of Bristol\, UK\, in 2005. His first feature documentary\, ‘the ballad of vicki and jake’ (2006)\, received the Prix du Canton Vaud prize at the 2006 Visions du Reél International Documentary Film Festival in Nyon\, Switzerland. Ian’s two feature documentaries about children living in areas of Fukushima contaminated by the 2011 nuclear meltdown\, ‘In the Grey Zone‘ (2012) and ‘A2-B-C‘ (2013)\, have screened at festivals around the world where they have also received multiple awards. \nHis documentaries that followed also dealt with themes surrounding health and medicine in Japan\, starting with ‘-1287‘ (2014) which received numerous awards\, including the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2015 Nippon Connection Film Festival in Germany and the First Prize in the Asian Competition at the 2015 DMZ Docs Film Festival in Korea.  “Dying at Home” (2016) and “Suturing Cultures” (2017)\, both commissions from NHK World\, are on opposite end of the spectrum: one is about end-of-life care\, while the other is about the future doctors of Japan. \n“Boys for Sale” (2017\, dir. Itako)\, a documentary about male sex workers in Tokyo on which Ian served as Executive Producer\, screened in 40 film festivals across the world\, receiving six awards for Best Feature Documentary. \nIan has lived in Japan for a total of 16 years and has recently completed two documentaries: the feature-length version of his film about end-of-life care in a small village in rural Japan called “おみおくり〜Sending Off〜“\, which received the Audience Award at its World Premier in Germany in May 2019\, and a short called “The Father’s Love Begotten” about the sexual abuse of a young boy which also received the Audience Award at its World Premier in Holland in April 2019. \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Arts and Cultures event. \n  \nNo registration required. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nNovember 12\, 2019\n5:00 PM – 7:00 PM\n  \nADDRESS\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918\n420 West 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-and-discussion-of-boys-for-sale-%e5%a3%b2%e8%b2%b7%e3%83%9c%e3%83%bc%e3%82%a4%e3%82%ba/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: “Street New Yorkers”
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Event\n  \nPlease join us for the film screening of “Street New Yorkers\,” \nQ + A with \nFounder Jeon \nNo registration required. \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nMonday\, November 11\, 2019 \n5:00 PM  – 7:00 PM \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\,  Room 918 \nFood and refreshment will be served. \nCosponsored by The Academy of Korean Studies\, Seoul Korea; Columbia Alumni Association\, Korea; Korea Focus\, Columbia University
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-street-new-yorkers/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T200000
DTSTAMP:20191021T135456Z
CREATED:20190905T134100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191021T135456Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion of "Broken Harmony: China’s Dissidents”
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event\n  \nPlease join us for a film screening with: \nTeng Biao\, human rights lawyer; President \nChina Against the Death Penalty \nHua Ze\, human rights activist; Executive Director of a human rights organization  \n(confidential for safety reasons) \nHe Yang\, documentary filmmaker; former human rights activist  \nRisa Morimoto\, Director \nDiana Chiawen Lee\, Producer \n  \nModerated by: \nAndrew Nathan\, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science \nColumbia University  \n  \nBroken Harmony: China’s Dissidents tells the story of Hua Ze\, an ordinary Chinese citizen for whom a discovery of corruption led her into a hidden world of dissidents\, citizen journalism\, police harassment and kidnappings. \n  \nOnce a mild mannered TV director\, Hua Ze discovered that an old friend reporting on alleged corruption after the Sichuan earthquake had disappeared\, along with any mention of him online. Following a trail of leads over the great internet fire wall of China\, she discovers not just the fate of her friend\, but the truth behind Sichuan’s fatal building code violations\, a jaw-dropping array of human rights abuses across China and comes to the realization that the entire internet in China is a state controlled fiction. \n  \nHua’s awakening takes her into a new world of dissidents\, journalists and human rights lawyers. As she begins her own reporting\, pressure from the government is swift\, and her world is turned upside down. She is forced out of her job and placed under surveillance. One by one\, her new friends are arrested or detained. Phones are tapped and secretive threats and warnings are made. But Hua cannot turn a blind eye to the corruption and she pays the price. \n  \nWhen ordinary Chinese citizens go to extraordinary lengths to fight human rights abuses\, the risks are enormous\, even life-threatening. Broken Harmony reveals Hua’s courageous acts and willingness to lose everything to fight for justice and the rule of law.  \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Arts and Culture event. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 30\, 2019\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-and-discussion-of-broken-harmony-chinas-dissidents/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T213000
DTSTAMP:20191014T143454Z
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SUMMARY:Trembling Mountain (2016) Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Modern Tibetan Studies Event\nPlease join us for a film screening of Trembling Mountain and discussion with: \nKesang Tseten\, filmmaker \n  \nAmong the worst hit in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake was paradise-like Langtang\, a prime trekking destination. A glacial collapse caused an avalanche of rock\, ice and mud\, resulting in an airblast\, equal to half the force of the Hiroshima atom bomb. \nIn showing the much dwindled community’s response to the disaster\, until their resettlement a year later\, the film reveals  the transformation\, profound and yet often taken for granted\, that has been sweeping the Himalaya over the last decades. \n  \nKesang Tseten’s documentaries have won several awards in film festivals in Nepal and been screened in international film festivals such as the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam\, Leipzig International Documentary Festival\, Yamagata\, Thessaloniki\, Krakow\, Viennale\, the Margaret Mead Film Festival. We Homes Chaps\, On the road with the red god: Machhendranath\, We Corner People\, Who will be a Gurkha and his trilogy of films on Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf have won wide recognition. Tseten has been recipient of grants from Busan\, IDFA and the Sundance Institute for his films. He wrote the original screenplay for the feature Mukundo\, which was Nepal’s entry to the academy awards\, and KARMA. Before filmmaking Tseten wrote and edited and was associate editor of Himal Magazine in its early years. He is a graduate of Dr Graham’s School in India and Amherst College and Columbia University in the US.                          \n  \nThis is a Weatherhead East Asian Institute Arts and Culture event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n$12 Suggested Donation \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 24\, 2019\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nMaysles Documentary Center \n343 Lenox Ave. (between W.127th and W.128th St) \n  \nCosponsored by: Maysles Documentary Center
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/trembling-mountain-2016-film-screening/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T210000
DTSTAMP:20190916T154720Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: "The Stateless Diplomat"
DESCRIPTION:The Armenian Center Event\nPlease join us for a film screening : \nMimi Malayan\, fimmaker \nJoin us for a screening of “The Stateless Diplomat\,” which tells the story of Diana Apkar\, A 19th century Armenian writer living in Japan who became the de facto ambassador of the short-lived First Armenian Republic. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker\, Apkar’s great granddaughter Mimi Malayan. \n  \nAbout the filmmaker: \nMimi Malayan was born and raised in San Francisco for the first decade of her life. Her family then moved to Europe\, the Asian sub-continent and Brazil. Mimi returned to the U.S. to attend George Washington University\, where she majored in French Language and Literature. She received her Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of California and went on to practice her trade for 20 years\, focusing her professional career on urban parks\, plazas and playground design in the San Francisco Bay Area. After finding a box of papers dedicated to Diana Apcar in her uncle’s apartment in 2002\, Mimi discovered another interest—uncovering her great-grandmother’s life story. Wanting to share it with as many people as possible\, Mimi produced the film\, The Stateless Diplomat.\nThis is a Arts and Culture event. \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\nOctober 2\, 2019\n7:00 PM – 9:00 PM\nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 W 118th Street \n  \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King ak4364@columbia.edu. \nCosponsored by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-the-stateless-diplomat/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190913T200000
DTSTAMP:20190912T132350Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening “Royal Cafe”
DESCRIPTION:Modern Tibetan Studies Event\n  \nPlease join us for a film screening of “Royal Cafe” with: \nTenzin Dasel\, Paris-based filmmaker \nAnn Tashi Slater\, writer  \n  \nJoin us for a screening of the film\, Royal Cafe\, followed by a discussion with the Paris-based filmmaker\, Tenzin Dasel\, and writer Ann Tashi Slater. About the film: A young Swiss born Tibetan woman staying in Paris abandons her humdrum life to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker. In the process\, she discovers Royal Cafe\, a small Sri Lankan eatery near the metro La Chapelle area that happens to serve Tibetan food and is frequented by exile Tibetans in Paris. As she passes time in the café\, looking for inspiration and cast for her film\, Her own life unfolds alongside the desires\, disappointments and loneliness of her fellow diners. Royal Cafe eschews stereotypes of Tibetans living in exile to portray the simple realities of their lives. \nAbout the Speaker(s): \nBorn in Mysore\, India\, Tenzin Dasel attended Upper Tibetan Children’s Village School in Dharamshala\, India. She went on to study fashion design in New Delhi Polytechnic then moved to France in 1999 to continue her fashion studies at Mjm Graphic design in Strasbourg\, Studio Berçot in Paris. She completed her masters in Fashion at L’Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) supported by a French family. She has worked as an assistant designer for the Parisian luxury bag brand\, Jerome Dreyfuss\, and has experience with other well known fashion brands such as Isabel Marant and Ann Demeulemeester in Antwerp. Her first short film\, called Seeds (2009)\, was shot in Delhi\, India with an 8mm camera without any filmmaking experience. Royal Cafe is her second film\, co-directed with the young French director\, Rémi Caritey\, without any budget.    \nAnn Tashi Slater has been published by The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, Tin House\, AGNI\, Catapult\, Granta\, and the HuffPost\, among others. Her writing appears in Women in Clothes (Penguin) and American Dragons (HarperCollins). She writes often on subjects related to Tibet; her work includes a novel based on her Tibetan family history and a memoir about a pilgrimage to reconnect with her Tibetan roots. A longtime resident of Tokyo\, she teaches Comparative Literature at Japan Women’s University. (www.anntashislater.com) \n  \nThis is an Arts and Culture Event. \n  \nNo registration required. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n\n September 13\, 2019\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\n  \nAddress\n\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918 \n420 West 118th Street \n  \nCosponsored by: The Weatherhead East Asian Institute
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-royal-cafe/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190428T210000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172950Z
CREATED:20190423T142031Z
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SUMMARY:"They are One Hundred Years Old"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special preview of this Tibetan documentary film\, introduced by Riga Shakya. After the film\, stay for a Q&A with the director\, Dukar Tserang\, and discussant\, Nelson Walker.\nFeaturing: \nDukar Tserang\, Nelson Walker and Riga Shakya \n  \nThey are One Hundred Years Old \nA Dukar Tserang Film \nIn his previous life\, he was her husband. In this life\, he is her grandson. He is the same person. In her previous life\, she was his wife. In this life\, she is his grandmother. She is the same person. They live under the same roof.This film shows the real life story of a Tibetan nomad family\, whose head of the family was reincarnated within the same household and leads two different lives with his “wife.” His wife cares for him just as before\, but there are also voices of dissent. In the new life in front of him\, he feels lost but he also has his own voice. This year\, their combined age is one hundred years old. \n  \nAbout the speakers: \nDukar Tserang is an independent filmmaker\, sound director\, composer\, screenwriter\, and director. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy\, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Tibetan Literature at Northwest Nationalities University in Lanzhou. He is Pema Tseden’s film partner and has been involved in the making of award-winning Tibetan films and theatrical movies throughout China. He established his own studio\, SoundFilm. \nNelson Walker has made numerous films including iThemba|Hope (Sundance Channel\, 2005)\, LUMO (PBS/P.O.V. 2007\, Student Academy Award® Winner)\, and Summer Pasture (PBS/Independent Lens 2012)\, which won a Peabody Award. Most recently\, Nelson was one of the Directors along with the late\, great Albert Maysles of the feature documentary IN TRANSIT (Winner\, Special Jury Mention\, Tribeca Film Festival 2015). Nelson is a graduate of Brown University and holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University. \n  \n  \n511 Dodge Hall \nNo registration required. \nFor press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King at ak4364@columbia.edu \nThis event is co-sponsored Co-sponsored by:Modern Tibetan Studies\, Film and Media Studies\, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. \nThis event is part of the Modern Tibetan Studies at 20 series.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/they-are-one-hundred-years-old/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190328T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190328T210000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172950Z
CREATED:20190213T220148Z
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SUMMARY:"Film Screening: Journey from the Fall (Viet. Vượt Sóng)"
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening\n\nJourney from the Fall opened to critical acclaim\, and won numerous awards including the Best Director from the Asian Festival of first Film\, the Grand Jury Prize at the Amazonas International Film Festival\, the Best Feature Film at the Anchorage International Film Festival\, and the Grand Jury Award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival\, among many others. The film is one of the only cinematic representations of the plight of boat refugees following the fall of South Vietnam to Communist forces\, and virtually the only film to represent inmate experiences of the “reeducation camps” (học tập cảo tạo/cảo tạo lao động) that were opened particularly in the south of Vietnam after 1975\, and which operated as late as the early 2000s. Additionally\, the film is notable for having been completely financed by the Vietnamese exile community. \n\n\nDodge 605\n\n\nNo registration required.\nFor any press inquiries\, please contact Ariana King at ak4364@columbia.edu\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the MA in Film and Media Studies at Columbia University.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/film-screening-journey-from-the-fall-viet-vuot-song-with-film-director-ham-tran/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180128T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180128T203000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172950Z
CREATED:20180116T213830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172950Z
UID:10170-1517164200-1517171400@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice - 'Tharlo'"
DESCRIPTION:Modern Tibetan Studies Event \n“Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice – ‘Tharlo'” \nSunday\, January 28\, 2018\n6:30 PM – 8:30 PM\nAsia Society and Museum\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\nFor tickets\, please click here. \nIn the mountains of Tibet\, Tharlo spends his days following a simple and familiar routine—tending his sheep\, riding his motorcycle. When he journeys to the city to obtain an ID card\, a meeting with a beautiful young hairdresser leads to a life-changing series of events.\nShot in stunning black and white\, Tharlo contrasts the simplicity of country life with the seduction and danger of the modern world. Adapted from Pema Tseden’s short story of the same name\, Tharlo consists of 84 meticulously and beautifully composed shots and marks the filmmaker’s greatest cinematic achievement to date. \nPema Tseden was born in 1969 in Amdo\, in the Tibetan region of Qinghai Province. He is widely recognized as the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema and the first director in China to film his movies entirely in the Tibetan language. Tseden has published more than 50 short stories and novels both in Tibetan and Chinese. His work has won numerous awards including the Drang-char (sbrang-char) Tibetan Literature Prize and has been translated into English\, French\, and German. Since beginning his film career in 2002\, Tseden has created a highly acclaimed body of work. Tseden is Chairman of the Directors Association of China; he is also a member of the Filmmakers and Literary Societies of China. \nThis event series is co-sponsored by Asia Society.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/pema-tseden-celebrating-a-tibetan-voice-tharlo/
LOCATION:Asia Society and Museum\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180128T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180128T153000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172949Z
CREATED:20180116T213459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172949Z
UID:10168-1517148000-1517153400@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice - 'Old Dog'"
DESCRIPTION:Modern Tibetan Studies Event \n“Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice – ‘Old Dog'” \nSunday\, January 28\, 2018\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nAsia Society and Museum\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\nFor tickets\, please click here. \nA family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune\, but selling it comes at a terrible price. \nThe Tibetan nomad mastiff is an exotic prize dog in China\, fetching as much as millions of dollars from wealthy buyers. When a young man notices several thefts of mastiffs from Tibetan farm families\, he decides to sell his family’s dog before it is stolen. His father\, an aging Tibetan herder\, is furious when he discovers their dog missing\, and seeks to buy it back\, setting off a series of events that threaten to tear the family apart\, while showing the erosion of Tibetan culture under the pressures of contemporary society. \nPema Tseden’s third feature is a humorous\, tragic allegory and a sober depiction of life among the impoverished rural Tibetan community. \nPema Tseden was born in 1969 in Amdo\, in the Tibetan region of Qinghai Province. He is widely recognized as the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema and the first director in China to film his movies entirely in the Tibetan language. Tseden has published more than 50 short stories and novels both in Tibetan and Chinese. His work has won numerous awards including the Drang-char (sbrang-char) Tibetan Literature Prize and has been translated into English\, French\, and German. Since beginning his film career in 2002\, Tseden has created a highly acclaimed body of work. Tseden is Chairman of the Directors Association of China; he is also a member of the Filmmakers and Literary Societies of China. \nThis event series is co-sponsored by Asia Society.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/pema-tseden-celebrating-a-tibetan-voice-old-dog/
LOCATION:Asia Society and Museum\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180127T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180127T210000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172949Z
CREATED:20180116T213035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172949Z
UID:10165-1517081400-1517086800@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice - 'The Search'"
DESCRIPTION:Modern Tibetan Studies Event \n“Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice – ‘The Search'” \nSaturday\, January 27\, 2018\n7:30 PM – 9:30 PM\nAsia Society and Museum\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\nFor tickets\, please click here. \nA director\, his assistant\, and a businessman drive through the Amdo region of Tibet\, scouring small villages to find actors for their adaptation of Prince Drimé Kundun\, an opera traditionally performed for the Tibetan New Year. The story recounts a prince—an early incarnation of Buddha—who gives away all his possessions\, including his wife\, his children\, and even his own eyes. The quintessentially Buddhist story exemplifies compassion and self-sacrifice\, yet leaves the crew frustrated in their search for actors who can live up to the legendary roles.   \nDriving through the country’s stunning landscapes\, they find that while some of the traditions they hope to capture on film still exist\, others are disappearing—revealing a Tibet where the ancient and the modern co-exist. Unfolding against the backdrop of a religious parable and shifting times\, The Search offers a sensitive\, nuanced look at contemporary Tibet. \nPema Tseden was born in 1969 in Amdo\, in the Tibetan region of Qinghai Province. He is widely recognized as the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema and the first director in China to film his movies entirely in the Tibetan language. Tseden has published more than 50 short stories and novels both in Tibetan and Chinese. His work has won numerous awards including the Drang-char (sbrang-char) Tibetan Literature Prize and has been translated into English\, French\, and German. Since beginning his film career in 2002\, Tseden has created a highly acclaimed body of work. Tseden is Chairman of the Directors Association of China; he is also a member of the Filmmakers and Literary Societies of China. \nThis event series is co-sponsored by Asia Society.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/pema-tseden-celebrating-a-tibetan-voice-the-search/
LOCATION:Asia Society and Museum\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180127T174500
DTSTAMP:20190829T172949Z
CREATED:20180116T191414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172949Z
UID:10148-1517068800-1517075100@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice - 'The Silent Holy Stones'"
DESCRIPTION:Modern Tibetan Studies Event \n“Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice – ‘The Silent Holy Stones'” \nSaturday\, January 27\, 2018\n4:00 PM – 5:45 PM\nAsia Society and Museum\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\nFor tickets\, please click here. \nA 10-year-old Buddhist novice nicknamed “Little Lama” returns home from the remote Guwa monastery for the New Year celebration. After a long journey on horseback over icy steppes\, he finds himself glued to his family’s new TV\, watching the popular Chinese television series Journey to the West. Meanwhile\, the villagers are rehearsing their annual staging of a traditional Tibetan opera for the New Year. The juxtaposition shows a young monk who finds himself magnetically drawn to the secular world\, which calls to him through the TV. The Silent Holy Stones has the immediacy of a documentary\, delivering a compelling and intimate insider’s look of everyday life in Tseden’s home town\, where traditional life rubs up against modernity and globalization.\nThe character Little Lama in The Silent Holy Stones was played by a real monk\, Luosang Danpai\, who later de-robed\, got married\, and is now living a layperson’s life.\nWritten and directed by Pema Tseden\, the film is entirely in Tibetan language with nonprofessional Tibetan actors. The film won the Best Directorial Debut at the 25th Golden Rooster Awards in China and is an official selection of the Pusan International Film Festival\, the International Buddhist Film Festival\, the International Film Festival Rotterdam\, and the San Francisco International Film Festival. \nPema Tseden was born in 1969 in Amdo\, in the Tibetan region of Qinghai Province. He is widely recognized as the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema and the first director in China to film his movies entirely in the Tibetan language. Tseden has published more than 50 short stories and novels both in Tibetan and Chinese. His work has won numerous awards including the Drang-char (sbrang-char) Tibetan Literature Prize and has been translated into English\, French\, and German. Since beginning his film career in 2002\, Tseden has created a highly acclaimed body of work. Tseden is Chairman of the Directors Association of China; he is also a member of the Filmmakers and Literary Societies of China. \nThis event series is co-sponsored by Asia Society.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/pema-tseden-celebrating-a-tibetan-voice-the-silent-holy-stones/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20170412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20170412T200000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172949Z
CREATED:20170410T131118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172949Z
UID:8358-1492020000-1492027200@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:“The Jangmadang Generation”
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Film Screening \n“The Jangmadang Generation” \n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nInternational Affairs Building\, Room 918\nNo registration required. \nCo-sponsored by SIPA Korea Focus \n————————————\n“The Jangmadang Generation\,” a documentary produced by Liberty in North Korea\, portrays the generation of people who grew up during the famine years of North Korea and are serving as a catalyst for change from within North Korea. A Q&A session will be hosted following the screening with remarks by Hyun Booheung\, a North Korean defector from CU\, who will share his opinion on the documentary and his own personal experience defecting from North Korea. Dinner and refreshments will be provided by SIPA Korea Focus.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/the-jangmadang-generation/
LOCATION:International Affairs Building\, Room 918\, New York\, 10027
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151107T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151107T193000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172949Z
CREATED:20150926T040908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172949Z
UID:3937-1446917400-1446924600@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Comrade Kim Goes Flying"
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research Film Screening \n“Comrade Kim Goes Flying” \nNicholas Bonner\, Film Director\nModerated by Frederick Carriere\, Research Professor\, Political Science\, Syracuse University.\n5:30 PM – 7:30 PM\nDavis Auditorium\, Room 412\nRegistration required.\nTo register\, please click here \nSponsored by the Center for Korean Research
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/comrade-kim-goes-flying/
LOCATION:Davis Auditorium\, Room 412\, Columbia University - Davis Auditorium\, Room 412\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151029T200000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172950Z
CREATED:20150928T161654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172950Z
UID:3984-1446141600-1446148800@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Xu Xing and His Independent Films in China"
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening and Discussion \n“Xu Xing and His Independent Films in China” \nXu Xing\, Filmmaker\nModerated by Ying Qian\, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Columbia University\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nKent Hall\, Room 403\nNo registration required.\nCo-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library \n  \n 
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/xu-xing-and-his-independent-films-in-china/
LOCATION:Kent Hall\, Room 403\, Columbia University - Kent Hall\, Room 403\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Panels and Lectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150928T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150928T200000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172950Z
CREATED:20150924T004020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172950Z
UID:3822-1443463200-1443470400@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Mr. Deng Goes to Washington"
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening and Discussion \n“Mr. Deng Goes to Washington” \nHongxing Fu\, Film Director\nModerated by Ying Qian\, Assistant Professor East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Columbia University\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nButler Library\, Room 203\nNo registration required. \nCo-sponsored by the C.V. Starr East Asian Library\, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, and the  and the Columbia University Chinese Students and Scholars Association \n 
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/mr-deng-goes-to-washington/
LOCATION:Butler Library\, Room 203\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150918T210000
DTSTAMP:20190829T172949Z
CREATED:20150917T175212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T172949Z
UID:3730-1442602800-1442610000@archive.weai.columbia.edu
SUMMARY:"Songs from the North"
DESCRIPTION:Center for Korean Research: Film Screening \n“Songs from the North”\nSoon-Mi Yoo\, Director; Hayden Guest\, Director of the Harvard Film Archive\n7:00 PM; 9:00 PM\nThe Anthology Film Archives\, 32 Second Avenue \nTicket purchase required.
URL:https://archive.weai.columbia.edu/event/ckr-film-songs-from-north/
LOCATION:Anthology Film Archives\, 32 Second Avenue\, New York
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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