The Memory Project aims to shine light on one of modern China's most traumatic events, the Great Famine of 1958-1961, by collecting oral histories from survivors in rural areas. The amateur filmmakers discovered their family histories and identities in the … Read more
Film Screening: The U.S. Premiere of "Investigating My Father" (Wu Wenguang, 2016, 80 min, China, in Chinese w/English subtitles, Color, Digital) / "Investigating My Father" is a film made by a son to investigate his father's history. It documents the … Read more
Join UNC and Amit Zutshi Foundation for the screening of The Last Smile, an independent film. The movie has been inspired by a true story based on a book written by Jeevan Zutshi. The film highlights the dangers of over the counter … Read more
This international workshop brings together scholars and archivists who are seriously engaged in the films of the early twentieth century and their divided legacies and afterlives in Asia. Together we reexamine the lived and imagined experiences of modernity in these … Read more
Film Screening: "Assassination" (CHOI Dong-hoon, 2015, 139 min, South Korea, in Korean w/ English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray) / "Assassination" was the highest grossing film in 2015 and the eighth all-time highest grossing film in Korean cinema. The film is set … Read more
Come out and see the movie Cemetery of Splendor at the Ackland Art Museum!
Please join UNC Humanities for a special screening of George Takei’s Broadway musical Allegiance with a pre-show lecture by Professors Eric Muller and Heidi Kim. Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Pre-show lecture begins at 7:00PM, the show begins at 7:30PM. … Read more
Join us for a screening of Girl Rising with the UNC-Chapel Hill chapter of Child Rights and You (CRY). CRY is a brand-new student organization at UNC and aims to raise awareness of education and human rights for underprivileged children … Read more
This film follows a year in a Paris schoolroom for children who have recently immigrated to France. Using an intimate fly-on-the-wall style, the documentary gives us unforgettable glimpses into the lives of tweens and teens who have come to France … Read more
This documentary film travels the globe to unravel a culinary mystery. General Tso’s chicken is a staple of Chinese-American cooking, and a ubiquitous presence on restaurant menus across the country. But just who was General Tso? And how did his … Read more
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