Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The Town Hall is the Alliance’s regular monthly gathering of artists and arts workers. Taking place the first Tuesday of every month, from 10am to 12pm, the Town Hall is a lively forum for people to announce news, learn about opportunities, and meet each other. Participants are invited to bring flyers and postcards, and to contribute food to the pot-luck buffet.
Screening of Vincent Who? (Running Time: 40 Minutes), followed by discussion with producer/co-director Curtis Chin.
Whether you are registered to vote in District 1 (Lower Manhattan, including Chinatown and the Lower East Side) or you have interests in the area, this is your opportunity to hear from the candidates themselves on how they would approach important issues such as zoning, environment, immigration, business development and much more.
This five session workshop will guide viewers on a retrospective study through some of Asian American / Asian cinema’s most beloved and highly acclaimed films from the past decades.
Summer Palace (China, 2006) Running Time: 140 Minutes Beijing students and lovers Yu Hong (Lei Hao) and Zhou Wei (Xiaodong Guo) are torn apart during student pro-democracy demonstrations, and Zhou flees to the country. Years later, haunted by the memory of Yu, Zhou returns to China to find his true love. But has their love … Read more
Mongol (Mongolia, 2007) Running Time: 125 Minutes In the 12th century, an orphaned young slave named Temudjin (Tadanobu Asano) escapes from his captors and begins the journey that will lead him to become one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. Honglei Sun and Ying Bai co-star in this Oscar-nominated epic adventure from … Read more