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Zhang Yimou's film is presneted in conjunction with the Monterey Park Art+Film Lab presented by LACMA
The images most Americans hold of China are shaped by news coverage. "Assignment: China," a multipart documentary from USC US-China Institute, focuses on the journalists who have described the remarkable changes in China since the 1940s.
Join distinguished former CNN Asia correspondent and USC U.S.-China Institute Senior Fellow Mike Chinoy, the writer and reporter for the series, who will introduce the episode"Opening Up" and answer questions after the screening.
Join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a screening of the most recent installment of the Assignment: China series. This screening will be followed by a discussion with Mike Chinoy, writer and reporter for the series.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents screenings of two documentary films on the history of American correspondents in China, followed by discussion with producer Mike Chinoy.
Center For East Asian Studies at Stanford University invites you to a film screening: White Deer Plain
Lou Ye (China, 2000). (Suzhou He). In this atmospheric noir thriller, which doubles as a city symphony to Shanghai's eternal mysteries, a videographer searches for work, and for a lost love. (83 mins)
Freer Gallery of Art presents a screening of the Taiwanese film. Mandarin with English subtitles.
The bed becomes stage as immigrant residents of a shift-bed apartment in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown are both performers and participants, storytellers and actors. Sharing their experiences as migrants and city dwellers, they reveal the intimacies and complexities of urban living.
Yuan Muzhi (China, 1937). (Malu Tianshi). Arguably the finest example of Shanghai's Golden Age, Street Angel is an intoxicating blend of Chinese leftist populism, Hollywood pizzazz, song numbers, French poetic-realist doom, comedic slapstick, and city symphony. (94 mins)
Fei Mu (China, 1948). (Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun). Imported Print! With a visual panache often compared to Ophuls, Antonioni, and Welles, Fei Mu's 1948 gem possesses a melancholy beauty all its own. Voted the Best Chinese Film of All Time in a poll of Chinese critics. (85 mins)