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.
Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女)
The China Institute presents the movie, "Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女)," as part of their four-week screening series is dedicated to the films of master Fourth Generation film director Xie Fei (谢飞) and a director who studied under him, Zheng Dasheng (郑大圣).
When:
December 10, 2015 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Directed by Xie Fei (1993)
Thursday, December 10, 6:30-8:30 PM
Xie’s nuanced portrait of village life and the tensions between small town conventions and modernization centers on a mother (Siqin Gaowa) who runs a successful sesame oil mill while struggling to care for her family. Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Zhen Zhang, Director of New York University’s Asian Film and Media Initiative, will introduce the screening.”
A Master & His Protégé: The Films of Xie Fei and Zheng Dasheng
This four-week screening series is dedicated to the films of master Fourth Generation film director Xie Fei (谢飞) and a director who studied under him, Zheng Dasheng ((郑大圣). Screenings will include Xie Fei’s widely acclaimed films Black Snow and Woman Sesame Oil Maker and Zheng Dasheng’s historical works about his childhood home city Tianjin, Useless Man and Falling City. Each screening will be introduced by a noted film scholar and will feature a question & answer period at the close.
All screenings are $10 for non-members and $8 for members.
This series is being produced in partnership the Shanghai Association of Film Exhibition
The Confucius Institute at China Institute (CI@CI) and the various programs it offers are made possible through the generous support of Hanban – officially known as the “Office of Chinese Language Council International” – with additional support from other private and public foundations.
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Phone Number:
(212) 744-8181
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