Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Vivian Louie Hunter College/CUNY Department of Urban Affairs and Planning Fall 2013 Course: Social Contexts of Education Course Syllabus: PDF What is the relationship between schools and society? How can schools respond to society’s transformations, for example, labor market and demographic shifts, and address educational inequality? There have been major transformations in the school populations … Read more
Date: Fridays, Aug 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2013 Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission Registration available each Monday the week of each screening, starting at 9:30AM. No on-site admittance without prior registration and confirmation by e-mail or phone. Please do not … Read more
Outsourced (USA, 2007) Running Time: 103 Minutes Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton-Kicking and Screaming, The Bourne Identity) gets the bad news from his boss: his job has been outsourced. Adding insult to injury, Todd must travel to India to train his own replacement. Through a series of hilarious misadventures, this charming, critically acclaimed romantic comedy reminds … Read more
A Simple Life (Hong Kong, 2012) Running Time: 118 Minutes Roger (Andy Lau) is a successful movie producer. Ah Tao (Deanie Ip) has worked for Roger’s family as a nanny and maid over the course of four generations. When Roger comes home to find Ah Tao’s suffered a severe stroke and is unable to care … Read more
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam, 2001) Running Time: 112 Minutes In this critically acclaimed Vietnamese drama, three sisters living in modern-day Hanoi – Lien (trān nū yēn khē, Cyclo), Suong (nguyēn nhū quȳnh, The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters) and Khanh (lēkhanh) – prepare a banquet for the anniversary of their mother’s death. Upon the … Read more
Life of Pi (USA, 2012) Running Time: 123 Minutes Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar winner Ang Lee, based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only other survivor – a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard … Read more