| | Under Mao's Red Sun: China's Cultural Revolution on Film 
Various Dates A series of documentary films examines the historical context and life during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution (1966-76). These documentaries focus on the peopleRed Guards, victims of persecution, artists, and ordinary citizenswhose lives were fundamentally changed by Mao's Revolution. | Authors Xiaolu Guo and Ian Buruma 
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 7:00 pm Author and documentary filmmaker Xiaolu Guo in conversation with Ian Buruma on the legacy of the Cultural Revolution on contemporary China. Guo is the author of The Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Orange Prize finalist) and Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth. Ian Buruma is a writer and filmmaker whose books include Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing. Co-sponsored by China Institute, Asian American Writers' Workshop; Hunter College Asian American Studies Program with support from NYU's Asian/Pacific/American Studies Institute |
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Under Mao's Red Sun Series Upcoming Films Friday, September 26, 2008, 7:00 pm
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
Directed by David Hinton
UK. 1995. 85 min. DVcam.
Winner of a BAFTA award (the highest British film/television award), this documentary reunites classical musicians who studied at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music but spent most of their time forming Red Guard units and criticizing their teachers during the Cultural Revolution. Eventually sent to the countryside for hard labor, the now middle-aged friends speak of the period with a mixture of regret, anger, and nostalgia. (In English and Chinese with English subtitles.)
"Outstanding documentary... unforgettable story."Independent on Sunday Saturday, October 11, 2008, 3:00 pm
 CHUNG KUO CHINA
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy. 1972. 207 min. Digibeta. In 1972, European art cinema master Antonioni went to China to make a documentary for Italian television. The resulting film enraged the Communist authorities, who called the filmmaker reactionary, anti-Chinese, and imperialist for showing "barren farmlands, lonely elderlies, tired animals, and broken houses." The masses were mobilized in a major campaign to criticize a film they had never seen and a filmmaker they had never heard of. The film, not shown in China until 2004 and now rarely seen in the West, is a significant historical text that provides glimpses of a largely inaccessible country during the Cultural Revolution. (In Italian with English subtitles.)
"Chung Kuo China is a film about a China seen but not known, observed, but not explained, and that is its wonderful power and its secret happiness."Film scholar Sam Rohdie
This screening of Chung Kuo China (1972) is supported in part by the Italian Cultural Institute and Cineteca Nazionale, Rome, Italy.
Saturday, October 18, 2008, 7:00 pm
RED ART
Directed by Hu Jie, Ai Xiaoming
China. 2008. 70 min. DVcam. Under Mao's leadership, art was made to serve the "workers, peasants, soldiers, and the cause of socialism." A large amount of artwork, including billboard-scaled paintings and mass-produced posters, was created to promote the Party's ideology. In this film, the filmmakerstwo of China's most active independent documentary filmmakerstalk to artists, including Liu Chunhua (who created the famous painting-turned-poster Mao Goes to Anyuan) about their participation. Other interview subjects include former Red Guards, academics, and collectors of Cultural Revolution relics and memorabilia who discuss the significance of these artworks then and now. Director Hu Jie in person for Q&A. (In Chinese with English subtitles.)
Art and China's Revolution: Curator's Talk by Zheng Shengtian Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 6:30pm  Join the co-curator of Art and China's Revolution Zheng Shengtian, a reknown artist, who worked during the period of the Cultural Revolution. Zheng provides a fuller context for the exhibition with personal experiences and insights on the art created during the 1950's through 1970's in China. In conversation with Melissa Chiu, Director Asia Society Museum.
The Kai Yin Lo Distinguished Program Series Asian Arts and Culture A New Vision: Chinese Spirit, Global Design - Eric Chan, ECCO Design and Calvin Tsao, TsAO & McKOWN Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 7:00 pm - Free for Asia Circle Members Acclaimed designer Eric Chan and architect Calvin Tsao discuss design in a global environment and how Chinese thought/culture can inspire modern design in new, perhaps unexpected ways. Chan is hailed by Business Week as "one of the new breed of ingenious American designers." Tsao is a founding partner of the awarding-winning design firm TsAO & McKOWN. Moderated by Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief, Metropolis Magazine. Made possible with generous support from Kai-Yin Lo. Co-organized by Hong Kong Design Centre Part of the New York Celebrates Hong Kong 2008 Festival. For more information www.newyorkcelebrateshongkong.com.
Sikh Film Festival 2008 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008
10 am - 12 Midnight
Feature Presentation: Ocean of Pearls
Documentaries:
-Sikhs in America - Emmy Award Winner
-A Dream in Doubt - Featured on PBS Independent Lens
-Warrior Boyz
-Pahelwani - History, Tradition and Art of Punjabi Wrestling
10 Short & Children's Films
Meet Filmmakers, Producers, Judges, Actors & Celebrities from across the Globe
Distinguished Panel of Judges will decide Winners in Short & Documentary Genres
After Party at Asia Society's Garden Court
- Mingle with fellow Festival Guests
- Dance to High Energy Bhangra & Punjabi Music by DJ Rekha Venue
ASIA SOCIETY & MUSEUM
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York, NY TICKETS AVAILABLE AT
http://www.sikharts.com
OR (877) SIKH-ARTS | |
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