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Stories of Migration: Transnational Documentary
UC Irvine Film and Video Winter Series features work from Chinese filmmakers Pei-Chyi Wan and Anita Chang
UC IRVINE FILM AND VIDEO CENTER PRESENTS TRANSNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Screenings, Receptions & Guest Appearances:
JANUARY 24 -
6:30pm
Reception
7:00pm
Screening
No
Seasons
Directed
by
Pei-Chyi
Wan.
2002,
Taiwan,
60
minutes,
DVD.
In
Chinese
with
English
subtitles
An
introduction
and
comments
on
No
Seasons
will
be
provided
by
curator
Catherine
Liu,
Professor
of
Film
and
Media
Studies
at
UC
Irvine
62
Years
and
6,500
Miles
Between
Directed
by
Anita
Wen-Shing
Chang.
2005,
Taiwan/USA,
52
minutes,
DVD.
In
Chinese
with
English
subtitles
Director
Anita
Wen-Shing
Chang
to
appear
in
person
for
Q&A
session
JANUARY 31 -
7:00pm Screening
Grandma
Has
A
Video
Camera
directed
by
Tania
Cypriano
A Conversation with Michelle Branch
Grammy award winning 20 year old Michelle Branch chats with AsianConnections' Mike Kai on life, writing, and having a Dutch Indonesian mom.
AsianConnections is pleased to present an exclusive interview with Grammy winner Michelle Branch.
Michelle is one of those rare talents who is at the forefront of a new generation of talented female artists who write and perform their own songs.
In 2000, Michelle self-released her first album "Broken Bracelet." As luck would have it, a recording executive discovered her when she opened for a Hanson concert in Los Angeles in 2001.
Her album "The Spirit Room" was released by Maverick Records, Madonna's record company in 2001. The album sold more than two and a half million records ushering in a new era of artists.
Michelle has performed to packed audiences from New York to Tokyo, received an MTV Viewer's Choice Award, and a Grammy for her collaboration with Carlos Santana. She holds the record for the longest running Billboard Top 100 record of the last 18 months (82 weeks) with "The Spirit Room".
At 20, Michelle is currently on her "Where Are You Now" tour. Her latest album "Hotel Paper" launched this summer, and during Thanksgiving week, her newest, "Breathe - The Remixes" debuts in stores.
AsianConnections'
Mike
Kai,
also
an
old
soul
at
age
20,
chatted
with
Michelle
about
her
life
and
skyrocketing
career.
Maggie Cheung Wins Best Actress Award at Cannes Film Festival Asian Filmmakers and Stars Honored
Maggie
Cheung
Wins
Best
Actress
Award
at
Cannes
Film
Festival
Asian
Filmmakers
and
Actors
Honored
While Fahrenheit 9/11 , Michael Moore's scathing anti-George W. Bush documentary took top honors, the Palme dOr at the 57th Festival de Cannes , it was nothing short of a lovefest for Asian Cinema.
Maggie Cheung received the Best Actress Award for her role in Clean .
Directed by her ex-husband French director Olivier Assayas , Maggie Cheung stars as Emily, the widow of a rock star killed by an overdose, who tries to rebuild her life. Upon her release from prison where she was being held on drug charges, she tries to get her son back from her parents-in-law. The film features an international cast including Nick Nolte , Batrice Dalle , Jeanne Balibar and rapper Tricky .
Best Actor honors went to 14-year old Yagira Yuuya , for his performance in the quiet human drama Nobody Knows by Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu .
The film, inspired by a real event known as the Affair of the Four Abandoned Children of Nishi-Sugamo took place 16 years ago, in 1988. Born to different fathers, the abandoned children never went to school and didn't legally exist, their births never declared. Abandoned by their mother, they lived on their own for six months.
South
Korean
director
Park
Chan-Wook
came
in
second
to
Michael
Moore
,
receiving
the
Grand
Prix
Award
for
his
ultra-violent
revenge
tale
Steve Joe Kicks it with John Cho & Kal Penn stars of
AC's Steve Joe chats with John Cho and Kal Penn stars of "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle" about stereotypes, comparisons to other great comic duos, and more. Check out AC's video highlights from the interview!
AsianConnections'
Steve
Joe
kicks
it
with
John
Cho
and
Kal
Penn
about
their
roles
in
New
Line
Cinema's
summer
comedy
"Harold
and
Kumar
Go
To
White
Castle".
CLICK
HERE
to
check
out
video
highlights
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