Movie Screening with Director
January 26, 2009 by Mike Ritz
Filed under Art & Culture, Events
Screening & Discussion
Thursday, Jan. 29th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Center for Integrative Technology -169 Weybosset
Cost: FREE
Join us as we view this 55-minute documentary portrait of the Hmong community from 1982 followed by a talk and discussion with co-director Peter O’Neil as he explains his recent work documenting his subjects over 20 years later.
The film explores the challenges of several Hmong individuals and shows some of their involvement with the local community.
It documents how weddings, funerals, shamanic ceremonies, rock bands and soccer games were done during the early phase of Hmong settlement in the United States.
This is week two of a four-week series called, “Common Threads: From Vietnam to Iraq”, co-sponsored by The Office of Public Engagement of RISD and The Swearer Center of Brown University. Event is hosted by The Genesis Center. Click HERE to see photos from last week’s pandau exhibit at RISD.
Question? Concerns?
Contact Mike Ritz at mike@gencenter.org
Todd Oldham loves Providence
Or, maybe he just loves RISD Students.
A series of photobooks is available from Todd sometime in June and the Prov-centric-Home Studio Home has an Essay written by Amy Sedaris. From the AMMO books site (where it is available for pre-order for a mere $19.95 in case you don’t know any real life RISD students well enough to take photos of their dorm-rooms yourself).
“A testament to ingenuity on a budget without any parental restrictions, Home Studio Home celebrates unique and unfettered creativity.” Isn’t that why we all live in Providence?
