Chinese Documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang launched the Memory Project in 2010 to collect oral histories from survivors of the Great Famine (1958-1961) in rural China. Since then, several young filmmakers have joined the project. They have been to 246 villages … Read more
The fifth documentary in Zhang Mengqi’s Self-portrait series, “Self-portrait: Dying at 47 KM,” is a search for the meaning of death in the aftermath of the filmmaker’s grandfather’s death. Zhang Mengqi’s Self-portraits are all shot in 47 KM, her ancestral … 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
From award-winning director Keiichi Hara and Japanese powerhouse Production I.G (GHOST IN THE SHELL, A LETTER TO MOMO) comes the remarkable story of a blossoming young artist, daughter of Katsushika Hokusai, best known for his iconic print “The Great Wave … Read more
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, 2015, 119 min. Japan. In Japanese with English subtitles. When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he’s taken in by Kumatestu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior … Read more
Come out and see the movie Cemetery of Splendor at the Ackland Art Museum!
This Friday, MONSOON is hosting a screening of Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai and a discussion with the director in Gardner Hall Room 105. Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai is a documentary film by Nakul Singh Sawhney about the socio-political-economic dynamics that shaped the violence in … Read more
Full-Frame Documentary Film Festival April 7-10, Carolina Theater, Durham Partial list of Asia-related films: April 7: 10:00-11:40am (Cinema 1) Sherpa 1:10-3:05pm (Fletcher) Forever, Chinatown April 8: 10:00-11:50am (Cinema 1) In Pursuit of Silence 1:20-3:10pm (Cinema 2) Hooligan Sparrow 7:10-8:50pm (Cinema … Read more
Carolina China Network (CCN) is hosting a lengmian (冷面, cold noodles) cooking event on Friday, April 15th from 6-9pm in Union room 3206A-B. Lengmian is a tasty Chinese dish that is especially good during the warmer months of spring and … Read more
Thursday, March 24, 6:30 PM: “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” (2015) (in Hindi-Urdu with English subtitles – free admission) Where: Bingham 103 on the UNC campus near Wilson Library on the main quadrangle. Most parking on campus is free after 5 p.m. Synopsis: … Read more
