Tuesday, April 05, 2005
New Films
Has anyone seen any of these? Particularly 'First Morning.'
UC Davis Asian American Association Film Festival - Davis, California - May 2-13, 2005
Films shown in Chem 194
Some of the planned films are:
American Desi
College Freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised to find that he has been assigned Indian roommates. Through his new experiences, he struggles to understand the side of himself he has always turned his back on in order to fit in.
TaeGukGi
After independence, Korea is hopeful about the future. Then, war breaks out and two brothers must struggle to stay alive and return home after their draft into the military.
Second Class Veterans
This documentary reveals the stories of Filipino World War II veterans after Congress stripped the Filipino soldiers of their military benefits. The veterans and the Filipino community struggle for equity and equal rights to their military benefits.
Wet Sand
Dai Sil Kim-Gibson's ground-breaking 1993 documentary SA-I-GU stands as one of the crucial texts to offer a Korean American perspective on the events surrounding the Los Angeles riots -- an invaluable discussion tool for promoting better understanding of the socio-political factors that played into one of the grimmest moments in United States race relations. With WET SAND, Kim-Gibson revisits L.A. to learn what changes have occurred since then, only to discover that living conditions have deteriorated and that few remedies have been administered to the communities most stricken. Through interviews with a multi-ethnic set of first-hand witnesses, this essential follow-up probes deeper into the racial and economic issues that not only shaped the climate of 1992 Los Angeles, but continue to affect all of America today.
First Morning
A Vietnamese family is forced to flee as a result of the war. They are separated and then must struggle to fit in after reuniting. Infernal Affairs The war between the Hong Kong cops and the mobsters (aka the Triads) rages on. Each side has successfully planted a mole in the other organization, and those moles have risen to positions of power. Now their presence is certainly known; only their identities remain a mystery. When their respective bosses pit them against each other, they realize they'll have to work together to make it out alive. Small Voices She gave them a reason to sing. A teacher in the Philipines reaches out to her young students through music, trying to get past all the cultural barriers in place.
More information available at http://film.davisaaa.org
UC Davis Asian American Association Film Festival - Davis, California - May 2-13, 2005
Films shown in Chem 194
Some of the planned films are:
American Desi
College Freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised to find that he has been assigned Indian roommates. Through his new experiences, he struggles to understand the side of himself he has always turned his back on in order to fit in.
TaeGukGi
After independence, Korea is hopeful about the future. Then, war breaks out and two brothers must struggle to stay alive and return home after their draft into the military.
Second Class Veterans
This documentary reveals the stories of Filipino World War II veterans after Congress stripped the Filipino soldiers of their military benefits. The veterans and the Filipino community struggle for equity and equal rights to their military benefits.
Wet Sand
Dai Sil Kim-Gibson's ground-breaking 1993 documentary SA-I-GU stands as one of the crucial texts to offer a Korean American perspective on the events surrounding the Los Angeles riots -- an invaluable discussion tool for promoting better understanding of the socio-political factors that played into one of the grimmest moments in United States race relations. With WET SAND, Kim-Gibson revisits L.A. to learn what changes have occurred since then, only to discover that living conditions have deteriorated and that few remedies have been administered to the communities most stricken. Through interviews with a multi-ethnic set of first-hand witnesses, this essential follow-up probes deeper into the racial and economic issues that not only shaped the climate of 1992 Los Angeles, but continue to affect all of America today.
First Morning
A Vietnamese family is forced to flee as a result of the war. They are separated and then must struggle to fit in after reuniting. Infernal Affairs The war between the Hong Kong cops and the mobsters (aka the Triads) rages on. Each side has successfully planted a mole in the other organization, and those moles have risen to positions of power. Now their presence is certainly known; only their identities remain a mystery. When their respective bosses pit them against each other, they realize they'll have to work together to make it out alive. Small Voices She gave them a reason to sing. A teacher in the Philipines reaches out to her young students through music, trying to get past all the cultural barriers in place.
More information available at http://film.davisaaa.org
