CAS Seminar Announcement
"Chinese Women in Diaspora:Independent Film/Women's Visions and Voices"
You are cordially invited to attend the following spring workshop jointly organized by the Centre of Asian Studies and Women's Studies Research Centre, the University of Hong Kong.
2005 Spring Workshop
Chinese Women in Diaspora: Independent Film/Women's Visions and Voices
Date / Time: Saturday, 23 April 2005 / 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: The Reading Room, Centre of Asian Studies, Tang Chi Ngong Building, Room G-4 (Ground Floor)
Abstract: This year we have invited Ms. Weimin Zhang to show a documentary film that she directed and edited, The House of Spirit (2000), which won a prize at the Betty Thomas Filmmaking Awards. It has also been selected for the Vancouver Asian Pacific International Film Festival, and the Chicago Asian American International Film Festival. Zhang is one of China's sixth generation filmmakers and she graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in Cinematography in 1991. From 1997 she studied at Ohio University and completed an MFA in film production and an MA in Multimedia Design. She was an award winning filmmaker in the short film competition at 2000 Cannes International Film Festival. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Cinema & Television. The House of Spirit is an intimate portrait of the life of artist, designer, educator and philanthropist Shao Fang. With ties to many cultures - primarily China and the United States - Shao Fang's story is symbolic of many women in diaspora who "compose lives" in response to trauma, loss, and migration. In the late 1940s, Shao Fang and her late husband were invited to apprentice with Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous American architect. Blending women's history, autobiography, and anthropology, Zhang illuminates the way Shao's character and spirit provide strength and perspective to live "the positive and productive life." As a woman, as a Chinese, and as an artist, Shao Fang, now in her eighties, has led a highly unusual life. This documentary is a personal documentary of this indomitable soul and her spiritual house. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Discussants include Mable Au, Nicole Hess, Amy Lee and Dr. Gina Marchetti. The workshop will also feature a short interactive session on a Nushu Multimedia CD-ROM, Nu Shu - The Secret Language of Women.
Please email: hkusua.hwomensrc@ku.hk if you wish to attend.
Please visit http://www.hku.hk/cas/wnew.html for forthcoming activities.
You are cordially invited to attend the following spring workshop jointly organized by the Centre of Asian Studies and Women's Studies Research Centre, the University of Hong Kong.
2005 Spring Workshop
Chinese Women in Diaspora: Independent Film/Women's Visions and Voices
Date / Time: Saturday, 23 April 2005 / 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: The Reading Room, Centre of Asian Studies, Tang Chi Ngong Building, Room G-4 (Ground Floor)
Abstract: This year we have invited Ms. Weimin Zhang to show a documentary film that she directed and edited, The House of Spirit (2000), which won a prize at the Betty Thomas Filmmaking Awards. It has also been selected for the Vancouver Asian Pacific International Film Festival, and the Chicago Asian American International Film Festival. Zhang is one of China's sixth generation filmmakers and she graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in Cinematography in 1991. From 1997 she studied at Ohio University and completed an MFA in film production and an MA in Multimedia Design. She was an award winning filmmaker in the short film competition at 2000 Cannes International Film Festival. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Cinema & Television. The House of Spirit is an intimate portrait of the life of artist, designer, educator and philanthropist Shao Fang. With ties to many cultures - primarily China and the United States - Shao Fang's story is symbolic of many women in diaspora who "compose lives" in response to trauma, loss, and migration. In the late 1940s, Shao Fang and her late husband were invited to apprentice with Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous American architect. Blending women's history, autobiography, and anthropology, Zhang illuminates the way Shao's character and spirit provide strength and perspective to live "the positive and productive life." As a woman, as a Chinese, and as an artist, Shao Fang, now in her eighties, has led a highly unusual life. This documentary is a personal documentary of this indomitable soul and her spiritual house. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Discussants include Mable Au, Nicole Hess, Amy Lee and Dr. Gina Marchetti. The workshop will also feature a short interactive session on a Nushu Multimedia CD-ROM, Nu Shu - The Secret Language of Women.
Please email: hkusua.hwomensrc@ku.hk if you wish to attend.
Please visit http://www.hku.hk/cas/wnew.html for forthcoming activities.
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