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| Film Series for Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | |
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Sponsored by the Asian Studies Institute and Student Union Multicultural Center |
| 1 Film about Japanese Americans | |
| Name: | American Pastime |
| Time: | March 23rd, Tuesday, noon |
| Place: | Student Union Television Lounge |
| Disscussion: | Led by Dr. Hara, sponsored by the Asian Studies Institute. |
| Description: | Powerful story about the dramatic impact WWII had in the home-front as Japanese |
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American families were with uprooted from their every day lives and placed into internment |
| camps in Western US in the early 1940's. Faced a country that now doubted their loyalty | |
| and struggling with their new situation, they turn to baseball as a way to handle their plight | |
| and find the strength to stand up for themselves becoming a true symbol of honor and pride. | |
| 2 Film about Chinese Americans | |
| Name: | The Joy Luck Club |
| Time: | March 31st, Wednesday, 5:45pm starts |
| Place: | Field House 1040 |
| Disscussion: | Led by Prof. Reising, sponsored by the Asian Studies Institute |
| Description: | The 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel is both a delight and a moving |
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experience,a must-see film of the year. It tells the uplifting story of four remarkable |
| Chinese American friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their | |
| lifelong friendship reveals a mosaic of the startling events and conditions that have shaped | |
| their lives and how these experiences have affected the hopes and dreams they hold for | |
| each of their children. | |
| 3 Film about Indian Americans | |
| Name: | The Namesake |
| Time: | April 7th, Wednesday, noon |
| Place: | Student Union Television Lounge |
| Disscussion: | Led by Dr. AnnadKunnathur, sponsored by the Asian Studies Institute |
| Description: | the two sides of immigration: the struggles adjustments faced by a couple who move here |
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from a distant land, and the of their offspring to reconcile their parents' traditional culture |
| with their own distinctly American outlook. The tale begins in the late '70s, when aspiring | |
| engineer Ashoke Ganguli and his new wife Ashima move to New York from Calcutta. It’s | |
| a very American film. It’s about family, about hope, about how we all got here, through the | |
| lens of this particular family. | |
| 4 Film about Chinese heritage | |
| Name: | Chinese Places and their legends |
| Time: | April 20th, Wednesday, noon |
| Place: | Student Union Television Lounge |
| Disscussion: | Led by the CI Institute member, sponsored by the Confucius Institute |
| Description: | To be filled by Chen Kunlun |
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| 5 Film about New Zealand Americans | |
| Name: | Grand Turino Whale Rider |
| Time: | April 14th Wednesday, noon |
| Place: | Student Union Television Lounge |
| Disscussion: | Led by a UT faculty member and an FAAUT member, ponsored by the Filipino American |
| Association | |
| Description: | To be filled by Rosendo |
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| 6 Film about Filipino Americans | |
| Name: | The Debut |
| Time: | April 27, Tuesday, 7pm |
| Place: | The Ground Level Coffeehouse |
| Disscussion: | Led by UT faculty member and the Filipino American Association member, sponsored by the |
| Filipino American Association and Asian Studies Institute | |
| Description: | To be filled by Cristina |
| Contact: | Gene Chang, Director of the Asian Studies Institute, gene.chang@utoledo.edu |
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