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.
Video: Q&A With "Dream Weavers - Beijing 2008" Director Gu Jun
December 1, 2009
About the Film
7 years of filming, 5 Olympic stories, 1 nation's preparation for the biggest sporting event in the world. Dream Weavers - Beijing 2008 is the first documentary that took 7 years to research, investigate, pursue and film 5 Olympic stories leading to China's first Olympic Games.
About Filmmaker Gu Jun
Gu Jun graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1991. With a strong interest in anthropology and sociology, Gu took on a directorship position at China Central Television (CCTV) in 1993 and focused on documentary filmmaking. As she researched, interviewed and filmed people, places, and events, her knowledge on social practices and social investigation increased. When it was announced that the 29th Olympic Games were awarded to Beijing in 2001, Gu began to divert her attention on how the Olympics will impact Beijing, and for the next 7 years, dedicated herself to doing up-close research and investigation to capture preparations for the Olympic Games in the documentary film Dream Weavers - Beijing 2008.
This video is also available on the USCI YouTube Channel.
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