Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Apolitical Romance 水餃幾兩: New York Asian Film Festival
New York Asian Film Festival in association with Asia Society presents a screening of the film "Apolitical Romance 水餃幾兩".
When:
July 13, 2014 7:20pm to 8:48pm
Where
Where:
Taiwan, 2012
Running Time: 88 minutes
Format: HDCam
Language: Mandarin/Putonghua and Taiwanese with English subtitles
Director: Hsieh Chun-yi
Cast: Bryan Chang Shu-hao, Huang Lu, Qian De-men, Lu Xue-feng
A China-Taiwan cross-cultural rom-com with an excellent, unforced chemistry between its leads, Apolitical Romance follows Mainland girl (Huang Lu) as she visits Taiwan and gets involved with a local guy (Bryan Chang) who helps her track down her grandmother’s first love from 60-odd years ago. Despite its English title, politics are never far below the surface, though always in a light, easy way. Huang’s feisty, argumentative Mainlander (with the actress turning on a broad Beijing accent) contrasts notably with Chang’s softer, almost boyish Taiwanese, who throws a tantrum when she criticizes his collection of robot toys. She’s constantly referring to Taiwan as a “province” rather than a country. In return, he tries to teach her some Taiwanese (Hokkien) dialect, and introduce her to local food. As the barriers start to fall, and she mellows, the romance starts to click in emotionally, with an airport finale that teases the audience whether the two representatives of Greater China territories will “unify” their relationship.
Presented with the support of the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York.
Package discount (applies to New York Asian Film Festival programs at Asia Society):
Buy 3 tickets for 3 unique programs (or more) in one transaction to receive $1 dollar off each ticket. In-person or phone purchase (212-517-2742) only.
Cost:
$8 Asia Society members; $10 seniors and students w/ID; $12 nonmembers
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