Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/11/2015
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
PSU Cramer Hall, Room 53
1721 SW Broadway --Portland
Expression, Repression, Terror, and Backlash:
A Glimpse of Six Asian Films and a Conversation with PSU Asian Film Scholars
The First in the PSU Institute for Asian Studies new series: Dialogs Across Asia
Join us for lively discussion with four PSU faculty and Asian Film experts about the themes of expression, repression, terror and backlash as depicted in select films from India, China, Hong Kong and Japan.
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, March 11 @ 6:00 PM
PSU campus, Cramer Hall, Room 53
1721 SW Broadway, Portland
Terror and the Cosmopolite: Global Indian cinema and multicultural politics
Dr. Priya Kapoor, International Studies Dept., PSU, discusses 2 films:
My Name is Khan & Tere Bin Laden
Re-explorations of the people and events surrounding Japan’s notorious WWII fighter plane-
-the Zero.
Dr. Jon Holt, World Languages and Literatures Dept, PSU, discusses 2 films:
Eternal Zero (Eien no zero) & The Wind Rises (Kaze tachinu)
Searching for Lin Zhao’s Soul.
The murder of a Chinese intellectual and her resurrection by documentary filmmaker Hu Jie.
Discusssed by Dr. Jennifer Ruth, Dept. of English, PSU.
Who’s the real boss in post-1997 Hong Kong action films?
The action drama Life without Principle 奪命金 shocks even the hardened loan sharks.
Discussed by Dr. Mary S. Erbaugh, University of Oregon.
For more info, visit: http://www.pdx.edu/asian-studies/events/expression-repression-terror-and-backlash-glimpse-6-asian-films-and-conversation-psu-asian-film?delta=0
Sponsored by the PSU Institute for Asian Studies
Contact:
[email protected]
tel. 503-725-8576