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Female Directors: Two Recent Films from China

Sponsored by:
Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature
“Female Directors” – Director: Yang Mingming; 2012, 43 min, Chinese w/English subtitles. Two brilliant young women, art school graduates with deliciously profane vocabularies and supreme confidence, talk sex, cinema, and power, as they wield their shared video camera like a scalpel. “Egg and Stone” – Director: Huang Ji; 2012, 98 min, Hunan dialect w/English subtitles. Set in rural Hunan province, Egg and Stone is a powerful autobiographical portrait of a 14-year-old girl’s attempts to come to terms with her emerging sexual maturity.

Axinn Center 232

Open to the Public

Engaging for Social Innovation in Tibet: Talk + Screening (Dinner provided)

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and Religion
What is it like to be working at the grass-roots level in Tibet today? What are the challenges as well as the bright sides? What positive social changes have been taking place in Tibet? What still needs to be done? Come join us for a talk by Dr. Losang Rabgey, founder of Machik, a leading grassroots organization devoted to incubating social innovation in Tibet. Following the talk, there will be a screening of “Tharlo”, the latest feature by the renowned Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden.

Axinn Center 219

Open to the Public

Documenting China’s Great Famine Part II: A Screening of “Self-Portrait: At 47 KM” with Director Zhang Mengqi

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Film & Media Culture, and East Asian Studies
Zhang Mengqi graduated from the Dance Academy of China Minorities University in 2008. “Self-Portrait: Dreaming at 47 KM” (2013, 77 min, Chinese with English subtitles) was her second film for the Memory Project. 47 KM is the name of the village where Zhang’s grandfather lives. Zhang has said, “In the summer and winter of 2010 …

(Private)

Open to the Public

Documenting China’s Great Famine Part I: A Talk by Filmmaker Wu Wenguang and a Screening of “Because of Hunger: Diary I”

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Film & Media Culture, and East Asian Studies
Wu Wenguang (b. 1956) is a leading figure in the Chinese New Documentary Film Movement. He has made ten films, including the seminal “Bumming in Beijing” (1991). In 2005 Wu co-founded the Caochangdi Workstation Art Center in Beijing, where he curated the Village Documentary Project (2005) and the on-going Memory Project (2010), which organizes amateur filmmakers to record memories of China’s Great Famine (1958-1961) and family and local histories. From 7:00 to 8:00 PM Wu will talk in English about the Memory Project and take questions.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Comics and the Art of Visual Storytelling

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and History of Arts and Architecture
Comics is finally coming of age as an artistic and literary form. Now this once-maligned medium of expression is poised for new opportunities, thanks to a mutating media environment and a potential revolution in visual education. Author and comics artist Scott McCloud shines a light on these and other fascinating trends in a fast-moving visual presentation.

To view a live feed of this event at 12:00 pm, please use the following links: If you are on campus, please go to “go/stream”. If you are off campus, please go to “go.middlebury.edu/stream”

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Free
Open to the Public

Advocating for Animal Rights in China

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Environmental Studies, and East Asian Studies
“Advocating for Animal Rights in China,” by Zhang Dan. Ms. Zhang has served as China’s Ambassador for World Animal Day and is the vice chairman of the China Small Animal Protection Association and co-founder of the China Animal Protection Media Salon. She was awarded the first Andrew Award for Outstanding Media Contribution at the 7th Asia for Animals Conference in 2011. She is the editor of the 2012 “Dongwuji” (Animal Essays), which collects Chinese writing on non-human animals and has a preface by Hsing Yun, the founder of the Fo Guang Shan International Buddhist Order. Ms.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Free
Open to the Public

A Field Guide for Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures Majors

Sponsored by:
Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, French and Francophone Studies, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish Department, and Center for Careers & Internships
The “Field Guide for Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures Majors” brings back Foreign Languages alumni to help students think broadly about where their study in Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures might take them, and learn about the many career paths developed by alumni. The Field Guide is designed to answer the perennial question, “What can I do with my liberal arts major or degree?” The Field Guide features an alumni panel, followed by an informal reception, allowing students, alumni, and faculty to connect.
Closed to the Public