Come learn about important Chinese historic materials, including cultural relics, old photo albums, and significant manuscripts from the Cornell Library’s vault. Take this rare opportunity to view these precious treasures and learn how you can engage with them through your learning, teaching, and research. Curator of the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia Liren Zheng will host this visit. Masks encouraged.

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2022 > France > Directed by Alice Diop
With Marcel Balnoas Ethan Balnoas Florence Roche
What does it mean to belong in modern day France? Does the notion of "we" limit people to their families and immediate circles? Or can it lead to a broader sense of community? Director Alice Diop reflects on her own family memories and "all the things that weren't filmed" to develop a new portrait of underrepresented communities on Paris' peripheral suburbs. Subtitled. More at mubi.com/films/nous-2021
1 hr 55 min

1998 > Japan > Directed by Hideo Nakata
With Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yžko Takeuchi
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it. A special Halloween screening with costume contest, treats, and more! Subtitled. More at www.americangenrefilm.com/theatrical-film-catalog/ringu
1 hr 36 min

2020 > France > Directed by David Dufresne
As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizen-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In The Monopoly of Violence, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State. Subtitled. More at bigworldpictures.org/films/monopolyofviolence/index.html
1 hr 26 min

Christina Kiaer of Northwestern University will speak on Racial Solidarity at the Kyiv Film Festival: Black Skin, 1931. Request a copy of the paper: cf476@cornell.edu

This film event is FREE and the 1hr and 33 minute film will be followed by a panel discussion that includes the Director of the film Marcela Arteaga. Pizza will be served as well.

“According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mexico became one of the deadliest conflict zones in the world in 2017, second only to Syria. In 2008, the Mexican government sent the army to Chihuahua on the Mexico-Texas border to fight drug traffickers. What seemed like an attempt to control the cartels turned into state-sponsored disappearances and the murder of journalists, human rights activists and civilians. The survivors and those threatened by the conflict pushed at the unwelcoming border of the United States, hoping for asylum. With stunning visual poetry, director Marcela Arteaga weaves together a record of their memories told over the backdrop of the once-vibrant landscape of the Juarez Valley. She also highlights the extraordinary work of Carlos Spector, an immigration lawyer born in El Paso, Texas, who fights to obtain political asylum for those Mexicans fleeing violence.” (Heather Haynes, Hot Docs)

Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program.

website: chickeneggpics.org/grantee/the-guardian-of-memory