Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Join Third World Newsreel with MU Films, Nodutdol, and the Documentary Forum at CCNY to view films about the human toll and tense situation on the Korean peninsula and hear from activists, scholars and filmmakers on what’s at stake, and what people are still doing today for peace and reunification.
Join Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a screening of CROSSINGS, and panel discussion to learn about the making of the film and the effort to press for peaceful talks instead of sanctions and military threats.
Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea’s women’s hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador or general had been able to resolve in the sixty-five years since the end of the Korean War. Against all odds, the group of young women were able to bring North and South Korea closer than ever before. In ‘A Team of Their Own,’ Seth Berkman goes behind the scenes to tell the story of these young women as they became a team amid immense political pressure and personal turmoil, and ultimately gained worldwide acceptance on a journey that encapsulates the truest meanings of sport and family.
Professors Uwe Gielen and Sunghun Kim will discuss their new book, Global Changes in Children’s Lives (Cambridge University Press, 2019), comparing the nature of childhood and adolescence in three representative societies differing in their subsistence activities. The societies include Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, traditional farmers in India, and South Korean students growing up in a digital … Read more