During my four years at the University of Kentucky, I discovered my passion in life. My freshman year, I signed up for a Russian language class, and just fell in love with the language, the culture, and the literature of the Russian people.
Beijing or Bust
Bejing or Bust
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791066/
Beijing or Bust is a documentary that follows six American-born Chinese as they leave their lives in the United States for new ones in Beijing. The film, which is documentary maker Hao Wu’s first, was released in 2005. In 2006, while producing a different documentary Wu was detained by PRC officials for nearly 5 months.
2 Million Minutes
*Please note change in date*
2 Million Minutes
2 Million Minutes is a series of documentaries depicting how students in the United States, India, and China spend the 2,00,000 minutes of their high school years. Producer Robert Compton is a businessman who wanted to turn a lens to the role of education in the increasing amount of competition the United States faces from India and China. As of 2009, four chapters were produced.
Last Train Home (归途列车)
Each spring, during the Chinese New Year, millions of migrant factory workers leave their jobs on the prosperous eastern coast to visit the rural villages they call home. Last Train Home tells the story of one particular migrant family, the Zhangs, as they deal with the ruptures this annual migration creates in their family. Last Train Home is Canadian director Lixin Fan’s debut documentary and was released in 2009.
Year of China Film Series
http://www.morningsun.org/living/movies/movies.html
Morning Sun is an in-depth look at the Cultural Revolution, the socio-political movement that took place in China from 1966-1976. Director Carma Hinton uses an array of archival and propaganda footage along with interviews with Red Guard participants and victims to build a cinematic account of the tumultuous period in Chinese history. The film came out in 2003.
Year of China Lecture Series
Carma Hinton - Director, "Morning Sun"
Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies, George Mason University
Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118
Thursday, October 27, 5:00-6:40pm
http://china.as.uky.edu/news/famous-filmmaker-focus-china-visits-uk
Clint Parker is an undergraduate student in Chinese and Linguistics. Parker recently began work on a project translating a descriptive summary of a minority dialect called Sarikoli. The descriptive summary is in Chinese, and Parker is translating it into English.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
Four individuals joined the UK College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Friday evening at the Keene Barn and Entertainment Center.
UK welcomes internationally renowned filmmaker Carma Hinton to campus next week to discuss the history and memory of China's Cultural Revolution.
Pauline Stratman is vice president of the Chemistry department's Graduate Student Association. One of the tasks associated with her position, and a personal passion for her, is doing outreach to the Lexington community. A special time for the Chemistry department to educate the community is during National Chemistry Week.
