Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Fridays, July 13, 20, 27 & August 3, 2012 Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission Registration only accepted per session each week, and limited to only two reservations per session. Starts Monday, at 1PM. There is no on-site admittance without prior … Read more
Based on more than a decade of research, Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood charts the evolution of Sunset Park—with a densely concentrated working-poor and racially diverse immigrant population—from the late 1960s to its current status as one of New York City’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Tarry Hum shows how processes of globalization, such as shifts in … Read more
Mayor de Blasio plans to invest $100 million into the industrial area of Sunset Park. Queens College professor Tarry Hum, author of Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood: Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, talks about the local – and global – forces shaping that Brooklyn neighborhood. Source: Global/Local Sunset Park – The Brian Lehrer Show – WNYC
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