tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36753470673430239432024-03-14T02:57:42.385-04:00Chatham University Global Focus Vietnam Film FestivalNOVEMBER 11 - 16 CHATHAM UNIVERSITY SHADYSIDE CAMPUSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-41908443107302509012011-10-13T12:41:00.003-04:002011-10-13T12:57:59.767-04:00Join Us<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As part of Chatham University's 2011 2012 Year of Southeast Asia: Vietnam, the Global Focus Program is proud to present the 2011 Vietnam Film Festival. With over a dozen films from both large studios as well as independent documentary filmmakers, with panelists from many diverse backgrounds, this festival is designed to entertain as well as educate our community about the art, the culture, the history and the complexity of modern Vietnam. Please join us.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> -Lindsey Scherloum Global Focus Vietnam Film Festival Director</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Below you should find a complete listing of the festival schedule and description of each film. Feel free to contact us at globalfocus@chatham.edu with any questions or comments.</span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-23088045030228094122011-10-13T11:37:00.005-04:002011-10-17T21:13:15.186-04:00Friday Nov 11 7:00pm Eddy Theater<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Festival Kickoff at Chatham University's Battle of the Classes</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Each of Chatham University's undergraduate classes battle through a gauntlet of challenges. This event is the finale where, among other things, each class takes the stage and competes with songs they have written and choreographed. </span></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="webkit-fake-url://C825A367-361F-4F79-A195-74B2A5669A6B/application.pdf" />Up in the Tree (Trên Ngọn Cây)</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by Quoc Thang Bui<br />7 min / color animation, Vietnam 2010<br />A Woodpecker falls in love with a Nightingale. A kiss proves problematic. A worm finds shelter from the rain, and an unusual solution is found.<br /><br /></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="webkit-fake-url://AFE19EBA-2E98-49C3-AD13-BE2D673665E4/application.pdf" />The Journey Unknown </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dang Thuong (THE UNKNOWN REBELS)<br />5 min / color animation, Vietnam 2009 <br />The Unknown Rebels is an open project based onindependent creativeness and the use of simple materials to create messages. “Small things can create big ideas.”<br /><br /></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="webkit-fake-url://319FB474-CA79-4CE1-8671-CE7F8BACC9D5/application.pdf" />Bringing Home the White Girl</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by Travis Kurtz<br />6 min/ color video USA 2010<br />Comedian Dat Phan brings his girlfriend home to meet his family. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-86869593815281997492011-10-13T03:04:00.000-04:002011-10-13T03:07:26.046-04:00Saturday Nov 12 2:00pm Sanger Hall<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Apocalypse Now and The Abandoned Field - American and Vietnamese Portrayals of the War </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lecture by Nguyen Nguyet (60 min)</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt">Nguyet Nguyen is a second-year PhD student in History at American University, Washington, D.C. She completed her MA degree in Communication at the University of Oregon. Her dissertation will examine the role of ordinary Vietnamese people in carrying out diplomatic missions during the second Indochina War largely to isolate the U.S. in the international arena.</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-30547860797370080942011-10-13T03:02:00.006-04:002011-10-15T12:48:09.407-04:00Saturday Nov 12 3:00pm Beckwith Hall<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Dust of Life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (87 min / color film / </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">director Rachid Bouchareb / </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">France, Algeria 1994)</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Talkback after screening with film and history scholar Nguyen Nguyet </span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Shortly after the Fall of Saïgon, internal disruption further destroys North and South Vietnam. Determined to change the Southern population, North Vietnamese Soldiers (Bo Doi) roam the streets picking up orphaned Amerasian boys for transport to rehabilitation camps. Living conditions at these camps are deplorable, especially for Bob, Son and Shrimp who are struggling to survive. They attempt to escape by building a raft and riding the rapids to freedom.</span></span></span></span></b></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><a href="http://history.sffs.org/i/films/1995/Dust_Of_Life.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 477px; height: 238px;" src="http://history.sffs.org/i/films/1995/Dust_Of_Life.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></p></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-73354579211381373892011-10-13T02:55:00.001-04:002011-10-15T12:28:45.071-04:00Saturday Nov 12 4:00pm Sanger Hall<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Long Biên Picture Show</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(Films Only) (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">48 min / color video /</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Vietnam 2010)</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">From Hanoi DOCLAB Documentary Filmmaking and Video Art Center</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">http://www.hanoidoclab.org/<br /></span></span></span><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Long Biên </span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">is a district in the city of Hà Nội that is home to about 170,000 inhabitants. For the last year, it has also been under intense scrutiny from a group of photographers and filmmakers who tried to capture the district’s everyday (and night) rhythm of life and now their experience is on display. Welcome to Long Biên!<br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Eyes Open </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">by Tran Thanh Hien</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br />Eyes open, I listen to stories told by the people living beneath the bridge.<br />Eyes open, I look for the shadows rushing across the bridge into the city.<br />Eyes closed, I try to remember them.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br />Hien’s short experimental film is vigorously observational – both pushing the viewer to reconsider the everyday and pulling us into the unfamiliar.<br /><br /></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Hard Rails over a Gentle River</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> by Pham Thu Hang<br />Minh is a bridge guard stationed on the Hanoi side of the Long Bien Bridge. His official responsibility ends halfway across the river at section number 8. But his personal responsibility extends beyond to the lives he and the filmmaker encounter next to the tracks, the people who come to get away or because there’s nowhere else to go.<br /><br /></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">At Rivers Edge</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> by Do Van Hoang<br />The quiet island in the middle of the Red River is a place where swimmer's bodies are cooled in the waters rushing by and lives mingle in unexpected ways. A community of men finds a natural place away from the city’s pressures to swim and exercise in the nude, a young couple celebrate an anniversary in a unique way and a woman seeks redemption through the filmmaker’s lens. In Vietnamese with English subtitles.<<br /><br /></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The Mouth Gets Wet</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> by Tran Thi Anh Phuong<br /><br />In the streets beneath the Long Bien train station, in one small intersection, four people labor in small sidewalk businesses to make a daily living. Some leave at sundown, others arrive in the evening to take the vacated patch of sidewalk and set up shop. Each shares a small history both unique and too familiar. And through it all, the trains arrive and the trains leave. In Vietnamese with English subtitles.</span></span></span></i></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></i></div></span></b></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/5389554198_cbc27c72d3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 357px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/5389554198_cbc27c72d3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><b><br /></b></span></i></div></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-43786631513931796082011-10-13T02:53:00.004-04:002011-10-15T13:13:34.085-04:00Saturday Nov 12 4:00pm Eddy Theater<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Indochine</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> (</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">153 min / color film / director</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Re</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">gis Wargnier / </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;">France 1992) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">From the years of French colonial imperialism to the days when American presence made itself felt</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">and the country became known as Vietnam, Indochine is a story of romance and separation told through the backdrop of a country in turmoil. With s</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">tunning cinematography of the Vietnamese landscape, this film is not to miss on the big screen.</span></span></span></p></div><div><br /></div></div><a href="http://images.allocine.fr/r_760_x/medias/nmedia/18/64/87/50/18922326.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 454px; height: 299px;" src="http://images.allocine.fr/r_760_x/medias/nmedia/18/64/87/50/18922326.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><b><br /></b></span></p></div> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-35905008223836065102011-10-13T02:38:00.002-04:002011-10-15T12:49:28.351-04:00Saturday Nov 12 6:15pm Eddy Theater<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Chronicle of A Tape Recorded Over</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> (28</span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> min / color video / </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">director</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Nguyen Trinh Thi / </span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Vietnam 2010) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">courtesy of Hanoi DOCLAB</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Using ‘exquisite corpse’, a method by which a collection of stories and images is collectively assembled, Nguyen Trinh Thi began her journey through Vietnam and asked local villagers to contribute their tales, merging reality with fiction in her search for the meaning of collective cultural memory and its relationship to ideas of space and sight.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Nguyen Trinh Thi is a Hanoi-based independent documentary filmmaker and video artist. She studied journalism and photography at the University of Iowa and Southeast Asian studies and ethnographic film at University of California, San Diego. Her documentary and experimental films have been screened at festivals and exhibitions in the USA, Europe, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Cambodia. Festivals include San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Jean Rouch International Film Festival, Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival, and the Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF).</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">In 2009, she founded Hanoi DOCLAB, a center for documentary filmmaking and video art in Hanoi.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-61804468122271951412011-10-13T02:36:00.000-04:002011-10-13T02:38:40.819-04:00Saturday Nov 12 7:00pm Eddy Theater<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Festival Reception</span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Join us for light refreshments as we celebrate film and culture of Vietnam.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-28366059933540735132011-10-13T02:33:00.004-04:002011-10-15T12:50:27.710-04:00Saturday Nov 12 7:30pm Eddy Theater<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">In Country: A Vietnam Story </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">60 min/ color film / director Chris Moore / USA 2007) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">courtesy of WQED</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Talkback with filmmaker Chris Moore to follow screening.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">In 1971, Chris, Boone and Perry were just three average American guys, serving their country in Vietnam. Though painful and destructive, the conflict would forge a friendship that would always connect them. Then Chris met the Friends of Danang, a humanitarian organization made up of veterans dedicated to helping the sick and poor children of Vietnam's city of Danang. Together, they rediscover a land and a people they never thought they'd see again. Funny, touching and real, "In Country" is a story of hope and healing.</span></span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://www.wqed.org/tv/onq/specials/img/in_country.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 249px;" src="http://www.wqed.org/tv/onq/specials/img/in_country.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><b><br /></b></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-40414296430172340902011-10-13T02:31:00.002-04:002011-10-15T13:14:14.356-04:00Sunday Nov 13 1:00pm Eddy Theater<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Buffalo Boy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> - director </span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Minh Nguyen-Vo</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> (</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">102 min / color film </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Vietnam 2004) </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">courtesy of Global Lens Collection and Global Film Initiative</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">In the haunting watery wilds of Vietnam shortly before North and South were violently parted, this languorous, beautifully shot feature, centers on a teenager, Kim, whose journey from innocence to knowledge is also a twinned meditation on both the natural and very unnatural state of things.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><a href="http://www.yale.edu/seas/BuffaloBoy2.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.yale.edu/seas/BuffaloBoy2.bmp" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-85203107721618775102011-10-13T02:29:00.002-04:002011-10-31T13:29:32.699-04:00Sunday Nov 13 3:30pm Eddy Theater<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Scent of Green Papaya</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(104 min / color film / director Tran Anh Hung / France 1993) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">courtesy of Sony Pictures</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Like a poem, The Scent of Green Papaya is a tranquilly beautiful film about a lost Vietnam, a peaceful, orderly place not yet touched by wartime. Told through the story of a young girl, it is so visually seductive and evocative it barely needs dialogue.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-17772641239943868022011-10-13T02:24:00.001-04:002011-10-15T13:08:34.598-04:00Sunday Nov 13 4:00pm Sanger Lecture Hall<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">All About Dad</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">82min </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">/ color film / director</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Mark Tran / </span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;font-size:medium;">USA 2009)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">courtesy of Cinequest</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Overbearing dads? Sibling rivalries? These are Vietnamese variations on a series of themes, and they are likely to hit home no matter what culture one grew up in.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">With the directorial touch of a Wes Anderson with soul, small, quirky details pop to the foreground and take on unexpected significance: a tilting tree, an action figure and the occasional burst of magic.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.cinequest.org/imgs/film_image_ul/cq19_500x300AllAboutDad.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.cinequest.org/imgs/film_image_ul/cq19_500x300AllAboutDad.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-38903717645483370022011-10-13T02:18:00.007-04:002011-11-09T10:24:41.380-05:00Sunday Nov 13 6:00pm Eddy Theater<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The Vertical Ray of the Sun</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">112 min / color film /</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">director </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Tran Anh Hung</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> /</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Franc</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">e 2000) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Talkback with writer and filmmaker Marc Nieson and Actor and Chef Hal B. Klein</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span>Set in modern Hanoi, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Vertical Ray of the Sun </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">follows three sisters (Suong, Khanh and Lien) through their relationships with each other and with the men in their lives. Stunningly photographed,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> it paints a portrait of Vietnam to the music of noted Vietnamese songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn, as well as The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Arab Strap, and The Married Monk.</span></span></span></p></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1764/muahechieuthangdung3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 580px; height: 310px;" src="http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1764/muahechieuthangdung3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Marc Nieson's three feature films "Bottom Land," "The Dream Catcher" and "The Speed of Life" have won prizes at numerous international film festivals. His writing has been published in The Iowa Review, The LIterary Review and won teh 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest. He currently teaches fiction and creative non-fiction writing in Chatham's MFA program.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Hal B. Klein has appeared in films such as "Bottle Shock" and "Noble Sun" and has been authoring the food blog </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">This Man's Kitchen</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> for over three years. He has been interviewed about food and film on shows such as Inside Southern California, Hollywood Today and in numerous periodicals. He is currently studying in the Master of Food Studies Program at Chatham University.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-2719144010884011702011-10-13T02:05:00.007-04:002011-11-11T15:24:26.129-05:00Monday Nov 14 7:30pm Woodland Art Gallery - Woodland Hall<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Documentary Film Showcase / </span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2.5 hrs / Vietnam</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><i>Selections from the Goethe Institute's Hanoi DOCLab, Ateliers Varan workshops in Vietnam, and the Vietnam Ministry of Culture Best Documentary Collection. Featuring a wide range of subjects, personal narratives, disability infrastructure in Vietnam and new perspectives on Vietnamese Independence.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">From Hanoi DOCLab, Film School: (</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">www.</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">hanoidoclab</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">.org/)</span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Friendgrandma </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by Pham Mai Phuong -</span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> 8 min. 45 sec.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> An exploration of family relationships and love over generations through a conversation between a young girl and her grandmother. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Medium </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by Cao Trung Vinh, </span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tran Thanh Hien & Do Yuyen Trang - 13 min</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A young man is thought to channel the ancient spirits of the Goddess Mother religion. Through this exploration the film discusses the modernization of religion. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Un</span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">derneath it All <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">by Do Van Hoang</span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh & Pham Thu Hang - 16 min. 45 sec.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Children garbage and factory workers expose gender dynamics among this segment of the population.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">From Ateliers Varan Film Workshops: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">www.</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">ateliersvaran</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">.com/)</span></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Roads<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> by </span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nhung con Duong</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- 31 min</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Tung became blind as a child, a victim of Agent Orange contracted by his father during the war. He is a teacher and musician in the traditional instrument Vietnam: The monotone. It is his grandfather, who takes care of him and accompanies him everywhere in his concerts, which was initiated. Dung is deaf mute. She is still in high school, his parents are worried for her future. She knows what she wants to be: an artist.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b>Dust / Bui </b>by<b> </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Nguyen Thi Thuy </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;">- 29 min</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Once upon a time ... one elderly woman, a boy and a dog. They grow together a cart, wandering around the corners of the city to glean, and do not return when everyone is asleep.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">From Vietnam Ministry of Culture Best Documentary Collection:</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b>Story of Kindness</b> by Tran Van Thuy -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> excerpts - 30 min</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A woman with terminal leprosy works at resolving her life relationships while she builds a house for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;">her son before she dies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><b>Homeland</b> by Sy Chung <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- excerpts - 30 min</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The film addresses the lives and priorities of rural Vietnamese who decide to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;">move to the city.</span></p></span></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-78331016403380645252011-10-13T01:38:00.002-04:002011-10-31T13:29:06.440-04:00Tuesday Nov 15 2:15pm Eddy Theater<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Scent of Green Papaya</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(104 min / color film / director Tran Anh Hung / France 1993)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">courtesy of Sony Pictures</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(in HIS231W Instructor: Dr. Jean-Jacques S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">è</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ne</span>)</span><br /><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Like a poem, The Scent of Green Papaya is a tranquilly beautiful film about a lost Vietnam, a peaceful, orderly place not yet touched by wartime. Told through the story of a young girl, it is so visually seductive and evocative it barely needs dialogue.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><br /></span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-83095523619207389432011-10-13T01:19:00.005-04:002011-11-15T12:27:04.547-05:00Tuesday Nov 15 6:30pm Sanger Hall<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Long Biên Picture Show</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> (Films Only) (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">48 min / color video /</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Vietnam 2010)</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">From Hanoi DOCLAB Documentary Filmmaking and Video Art Center</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">http://www.hanoidoclab.org/</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(with HIS213-01 Special Topics: The Rise of the Third World -</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Instructor Dr. Jean-Jacques S</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">è</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">ne)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></i></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Long Biên </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> is a district in the city of Hà Nội that is home to about 170,000 inhabitants. For the last year, it has also been under intense scrutiny from a group of photographers and filmmakers who tried to capture the district’s everyday (and night) rhythm of life and now their experience is on display. Welcome to Long Biên!<br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Eyes Open </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">by Tran Thanh Hien</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br />Eyes open, I listen to stories told by the people living beneath the bridge.<br />Eyes open, I look for the shadows rushing across the bridge into the city.<br />Eyes closed, I try to remember them.<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br />Hien’s short experimental film is vigorously observational – both pushing the viewer to reconsider the everyday and pulling us into the unfamiliar.<br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Hard Rails over a Gentle River</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> by Pham Thu Hang<br />Minh is a bridge guard stationed on the Hanoi side of the Long Bien Bridge. His official responsibility ends halfway across the river at section number 8. But his personal responsibility extends beyond to the lives he and the filmmaker encounter next to the tracks, the people who come to get away or because there’s nowhere else to go.<br /><br /></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">At Rivers Edge</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> by Do Van Hoang<br />The quiet island in the middle of the Red River is a place where swimmer's bodies are cooled in the waters rushing by and lives mingle in unexpected ways. A community of men finds a natural place away from the city’s pressures to swim and exercise in the nude, a young couple celebrate an anniversary in a unique way and a woman seeks redemption through the filmmaker’s lens. In Vietnamese with English subtitles.<<br /><br /></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The Mouth Gets Wet</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> by Tran Thi Anh Phuong<br /><br />In the streets beneath the Long Bien train station, in one small intersection, four people labor in small sidewalk businesses to make a daily living. Some leave at sundown, others arrive in the evening to take the vacated patch of sidewalk and set up shop. Each shares a small history both unique and too familiar. And through it all, the trains arrive and the trains leave. In Vietnamese with English subtitles.</span></span></i></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675347067343023943.post-78048311692168908992011-10-13T01:05:00.003-04:002011-10-15T13:18:16.602-04:00Wednesday Nov 16 6:30pm Eddy Theater<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Em Be Ha Noi (The Little Girl from Hanoi)</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> (93 min / black and white film / Vietnam 1975) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">courtesy of the Vietnam Embassy</span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A very interesting and moving account of the Vietnam war told from the perspective of a young North Vietnamese girl. This film is an account of the domestic side of Vietnamese life; a fairly happy family, during the bombing of Hanoi. A political movie filmed in wartime North Vietnam it shows a dramatically different perspective and agenda from the story Americans have learned since the 1970s.</span></span></span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://tintuconline.com.vn/Library/images/8/2009/07/ngay19/haininh/haininh/3m-be-ha-noi.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 296px;" src="http://tintuconline.com.vn/Library/images/8/2009/07/ngay19/haininh/haininh/3m-be-ha-noi.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></p></span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0