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.
Screening: Starry Starry Night
Starry Starry Night is the imaginative, whimsical and emotionally resonant coming-of-age story of Mei and Jay, two lonely but imaginative teens. By Taiwanese writer Jimmy Liao.
When:
March 3, 2013 6:30pm to 8:10pm
Where
Where:
Taiwan, Tom Shu-Yu Lin, 2011, 98 min.
RECOMMENDED AGES: 9 TO ADULT (subtitled)
Starry Starry Night is the imaginative, whimsical and emotionally resonant coming-of-age story of Mei, a day-dreamy seventh-grader whose life seems to be falling apart around her. To escape her parents' relentless bickering, Mei immerses herself in a fantasy world of her own creation, populated by oversized origami animals and shadowy beasts that tag along with her on what would otherwise be dreary daily excursions. Meanwhile, shuffled from home to home by his mother, troubled newcomer Jay avoids contact with his new schoolmates and becomes an instant target for their derision and taunting.
Brought together by their shared loneliness (and love of shoplifting), Mei and Jay sneak away to Mei's grandfather's isolated cottage in the countryside in an attempt to escape a reality that nonetheless, comes crashing in on them. Based on the graphic novel by Taiwanese writer Jimmy Liao, Starry Starry Night is a charming and honest portrayal of all the wonderful, life-changing, sometimes-painful events that can happen when you're 13 and finding your place in the world.
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Cost:
$13
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