USC Global Exchange: Summer 2009

USC School for Cinematic Arts presents seven documentary films by USC students who where in Beijing as part of the USC Global Exchange program.

- Fly seven USC students to Beijing
- Mix well with seven CUC students
- Shape into seven documentary films
- Bake for 6 weeks
- Cool and serve

“Jiang Hu Session”
Sparks fly in unexpected directions when an American Hip Hop artist meets a Beijing Hip Hop artist and they compose a song.

Thenmozhi Soundararajan

“Children of the Sun”
In an orphanage for children of incarcerated parents, a boy misses his mother.

Justin Feldman

"Shadow House”
A visual ode to an odd commune of Shadow Players who struggle to keep a dying art alive.

Laura Yilmaz

“Invisible Wall”
A family is forced to leave Beijing and move back to the country in order for their children to get an education

Adan Avalos

“Turn of the Harvest”
A married couple, simple farmers, lead a complicated life.

Tani Ikeda

“Little Monk”
A 42-year-old monk who has just entered a monastery ponders his life decision.

Lulu Hansen

“Big RedHeart”
A performance artist wears a signboard declaring his love for his fiance, but she has other ideas.

Nahil Sharkasi