In this film, a 12-year-old Korean-Chinese boy living on the Chinese side of the North-Korean Chinese border befriends a North Korean boy his age who is in China to find food for his ill sister. Against the backdrop of starvation … Read more
Delving into the limitless world of creative endeavors, and vicissitudes in the way of such endeavors, this tale of an artist and his muse, like a painting, leaves itself open to interpretations and readings by every viewer. M.F. Hussain, India, … Read more
Organization: Asian Cultural Council RFP: Individual or Organizational Awards Award Amount: generally do not exceed $10,000 Deadlines: November 2, 2015 by 5pm EST. Award notification is May 31, 2016. The ACC is accepting applications from individuals or organizations and support projects focused on archaeology, architecture, … Read more
The Southeast Asian Approaches Faculty Working Group presents this documentary, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. This film screening is free and open to the public. Through Joshua Oppenheimer’s work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how … Read more
Korean literary studies in North America, once a discipline held together by the dedication of a few scholars, is a burgeoning field today. The last few years saw the publication of an unprecedented number of scholarly monographs and translations. Major … Read more
This documentary of personal experiences of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) starts with the director’s own love story. At 16, he wrote an unsigned love letter to a classmate, who gave the letter to her teacher. Xu was labeled a “counter-revolutionary” and sent to prison. Others recount similarly hilarious and ironic yet profoundly moving, tragic tales. Xu Xing (徐星) is a writer, documentary filmmaker and public intellectual currently residing in Beijing. His iconic novel Variations Without a Theme《无主题变奏》defined 1980s youth culture. Ever since, Xu’s works have focused on those on society’s fringes. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to meet Xu Xing and discuss his film after the … Read more
