Movie Program [February
and March]
AAWAA Gallery • 136 15th
Street Brooklyn, NY 11215
Fri, February
23, 7 PM
Vietnam
Symphony
Tom
Zubrycki , 52min.
In 1965, as the Vietnam
War intensified and Hanoi faced the threat of massive
US bombing, students and teachers from the National
Conservatory of Music were forced to flee the city.
With the help of villagers, they built an entire campus
underground. Here, as the war raged around them, they
lived, studied and played music for five years.
Saturday,
February 24, 7 PM
Between
Two Worlds: The Hmong Shaman in America
Taggart
Siegel & Dwight Conquergood, 30min
This classic film documents
the Hmong refugees who have been transplanted from their
agrarian mountain villages in northern Laos to cities
in the U.S. Often living in high-rise tenements, they
bring their ancient shamanic rituals and ceremonies
to urban America.
Friday, March
2, 7PM
The
Living Tree
Flora
Moon. 26min.
Flora Moon was born
in Indiana of parents who had fled Red China. Because
of her family's efforts to avoid scrutiny during the
Cold War era of the 1950's they tried hard to blend
in with their surroundings and little mention was made
at home of their Chinese past.
Sat, March
3, 7 PM
To
live is better than to Die AIDs in China
Weijun
Chen. 60min.
This is a heartbreaking
story from Wenlou, a small village in central China,
where 60% of the villagers are infected with HIV. Impoverished
peasants sold their blood to clinics that used unsanitary
gathering methods. Nevertheless, the government does
not offer any help and has suppressed protests from
the villagers with force.
Fri, March
9, 7 PM
Chinese
animation night for neighborhood children and adults. Free admission
Sat. March
10, 7 PM
And
Thereafter. A Korean "War Bride" in an Alien
Land
Hosup
Lee. 56min.
A portrayal of the fortitude
of an immigrant "war bride" in America. Seventy-six-year-old
Young-Ja Wike is one of the 10,000 Korean women who
married American G.I.s after the war. For them marriage
was the only escape from the crushing poverty of post-war
Korean.
Fri, March
16, 7PM
Malalai,
Plice Woman of Kandahar
Polly
Hyman. 42min.
In the
dangerous, male-oriented world of Kandahar, home to
drug smugglers and terrorists, a police-woman, Malalai
Kakar is blazing the way for women. Unhindered by her
heavy burka this mother of six is chasing wife-beaters,
murderers and thieves across Afghanistan.
Sat, March
17, 7 PM
The
World of Mei Lanfang
Mei-Juin
Chen. 57min
The true story of Mei
Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and
a father whose world wide fame came from the portrayal
of women.
Fri. March
23, 7 PM
Nu
Shu: A Hidden Language of Women in China
Yue-Qing
Yang. 59min.
In Jian-Yong county
in Hunam province, peasant women miraculously developed
a separate written language, called Nu Shu, meaning
"female writing." Believing women to be inferior,
men disregarded this new script, and it remained unknown
for centuries. It wasn't until the 1960s that Nu Shu
caught the attention of Chinese authorities, who suspected
that this peculiar writing was a secret code for international
espionage.
Sat, March
24, 7 PM
Rasinah;
The Enchanted Mask
Rhoda
Grauer and Shanty Marmayn. 57min.
Once one of the most
popular of the Javanese Topeng artists, Rasinah had
been reduced to poverty as the taste for this traditional
art form waned. Two Young men became enraptured by tales
of a hidden national treasure living in a remote village.
They set out to find Rasinah to rescue her dance from
exinction.
Fri, March
30, 7 PM
Chinese
Women Artists of Early 20th Century
Yan
Kong. 27min.
This video presents
a brief introduction to the Chinese women artists of
the early 20th Century. These women came off the era
of foot-binding, challenged the prevaling ink painting
tradition of the time to painting nudes.
Sat, March
31, 7 PM
Vietnam
Symphony
Tom Zubrycki ,
52min.
In 1965, as the Vietnam
War intensified and Hanoi faced the threat of massive
US bombing, students and teachers from the National
Conservatory of Music were forced to flee the city.
With the help of villagers, they built an entire campus
underground. Here, as the war raged around them, they
lived, studied and played music for five years.
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Thursday, 1-6PM
Friday - Saturday, 6-10PM
Gallery closes on all public holidays, July 21, 22,
and Aug. 15 - Sept. 15, 2006
Filmakers Library:
124 E. 40th St. New York, NY 10016
e-mail: info@filmakers.com
• website: www.filmakers.com
This program is supported, in part,
by the Ford Foundation/BAC, New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs, and the Filmakers Library.
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