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Film Festival

All film screenings, which are moderated by Montclair State University faculty, are free and open to public, and will be held at 7:00 p.m. in University Hall Room 1040.

 

Tuesday March 2

Dark Matter (2007) Directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. A Chinese physics student (Liu Xing) at an American university makes a bumpy transition into American life with the help of a wealthy university patron (Meryl Streep) and his professor (Aidan Quinn). Guest speaker: screenwriter Bill Shebar.
 
 
   

 

Tuesday March 9
Inside/Outside:
An evening of Short Videos from China.
A series of short films by young Chinese and western filmmakers and video artists, curated and introduced by artist Ellen Zweig.

 

 
 

 

Tuesday April 6
Autumn Gem (2009)
The extraordinary life of the Chinese revolutionary heroine and women's rights activist Qiu Jin (1875-1907).
Guest speakers: filmmakers Rae Chang and Adam Tow
 

 

Tuesday April 13, 7:00 p.m.
University Hall Room 1040
RMB City- An Evening in Second Life With China Tracy
Artist Cao Fei, who lives in Second Life as China Tracy, gives a tour of RMB City and discusses her experience in this virtual world.
Guest Speaker: Artist Ellen Zweig

 

Wednesday April 7 - Thursday April 29
Montclair Art Museum Installation
49 Waltzes for the Gated City by Roberta Friedman (Art and Design, Montclair State University) and Dan Loewenthal and This is My Landscape by Ellen Zweig.
Contact 973-746-5555 for further information or visit montclairartmuseum.org
 

 

 

This Festival was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. All views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this festival do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.