Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Four New Catalogs on our Site!
This Fall we have edited four new catalogs that are now available for viewing or downloading as PDF on our website:
- Asia
- Latin America
- Women's Studies
- US History
Click here to view these catalogs which include some of our latest releases!Labels: asian studies, catalogs, latin america, new releases, US history, women's studies
4 FRIF films to be presented at the Association for Asian Studies Meeting
From April 3rd to 6th in Atlanta, GA, the AAS will hold its annual conference with panels and discussions devoted to a wide range of issues in research, teaching and Asian affairs in general. I FOR INDIA, NANJING, LOSERS AND WINNERS and A DECENT FACTORY have been selected to illustrate the variety of subjects presented during the 4-day meeting. Labels: asian studies, China, Globalization, Immigration, India, Labor
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
I FOR INDIA trailer available online
See the I FOR INDIA trailer now on YouTube. Labels: asian studies, new releases, NYC events, theatrical
LOSERS AND WINNERS at the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
Two cultures collide when 400 Chinese workers move to Germany for a year and a half to take apart an entire gigantic modern coke factory—and ship it back to China. Tensions quickly become evident between the Germans and Chinese over workplace issues, especially the Germans' concerns about safety measures and environmental issues, and the Chinese indignation over their hosts' cultural condescension and criticism of the lazy work habits of the "old foreigners." In providing a human view of the effects of globalization, LOSERS AND WINNERS reveals the ironies and ambiguities inherent in global economic changes, the respective sensations of loss and accomplishment, and of differing personal prospects for the future.On Saturday, November 10th, at 1:15, as part of the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, LOSERS AND WINNERS will screen at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.Labels: asian studies, environment, festival news, new releases, NYC events, theatrical
Thursday, October 18, 2007
I FOR INDIA to play at Two Boots Pioneer Theater
In 1965 Yash Pal Suri, a young doctor, left India for the U.K. with hopes of improving his family's life. Over the next forty years, through regular mailings of his Super8 films and taped thoughts and observations, he shared his new life abroad with family members back home, providing a unique record of the eccentricities-and occasional racism-of his new English hosts. Back in India, his relatives, in turn, responded with their own Super8 "cine-letters," sending tales of weddings, festivals and village life, along with impassioned pleas for his return.
By the end of the film, I FOR INDIA becomes not only a bittersweet time capsule of cultural alienation, discovery, racism and belonging, but also a contemporary exploration of universal, emotionally compelling themes of family separation and the quest for personal happiness, wherever it may take you.
In its US theatrical premiere, I FOR INDIA will play at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in New York City from Wednesday, November 14th until Tuesday, November 20th. Labels: asian studies, new releases, NYC events, theatrical
Upcoming Screenings at the AAS Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Association for Asian Studies is coming up from March 22-25 in Boston. We are pleased to announce that five titles from our catalog will be screening at the conference on Saturday, March 24 in the Brandeis Room (3rd Floor) of the Boston Marriott Copley Place starting at 9 AM.
THEY CHOSE CHINA,
INSIDE OUT and
SHIGERU BAN are scheduled and
WANDERING SOULS and
ANGRY MONK are available by request for viewing. Download a copy of the full screening schedule from the
AAS website.
Labels: academic conferences, asian studies
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