A Village Called Versailles » Screenings

November Screenings

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:56:13 +0000

SANTA CRUZ, CA

WHAT: FREE Screening at UC Santa Cruz
WHEN: Wednesday, 11/2 @ 6pm (PST)
WHERE: Cervantes and Velasquez Room, Third Floor, Bay Tree Building

Screening followed by discussion with director/producer S. Leo Chiang. Event presented by the Asian American/ Pacific Islander Resource Center.

LINCOLN, NE

WHAT: Screening at the Sheldon Museum of Art
WHEN: Tuesday, 11/8 @ 7pm (CDT)
WHERE: Sheldon Museum of Art in the Ethel E. Abbott Auditorium @ 12th & R Streets, Lincoln, NE 68588-0300

Screening followed by discussion. For more information, please contact Sharon L. Kennedy, Curator of Cultural and Civic Engagement at (402) 472-3541 or via email at skennedy3@unl.edu.

SAN DIEGO, CA

WHAT: FREE Screening presented by San Diego Asian Film Foundation
WHEN: Tuesday, 11/17 @ 6pm – 8pm (PST)
WHERE: Hoover High School Auditorium @ 4474 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115

Screening followed by discussion.

NEW YORK, NY

WHAT: FREE Screening at NYU
WHEN: Friday, 11/18 @ 6:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
WHERE: Cantor Film Center at NYU @ 36 E 8th St., Between University Place and Greene St., New York, NY 10003

Screening followed by discussion with Director/Producer S. Leo Chiang. Event presented by The Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University.

We’re on Comcast On Demand during the month of July!

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:55:01 +0000

Until the end of July, if you have Comcast Cable (a nationwide network), you can watch the film on Comcast On Demand in the comforts of your living room for the bargain price of $1.99!

Here’s how to find a A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES on your TV:

1. Go to your digital cable menu, click on the “On Demand” button, and then look under the “Movies” folder.
2. Next, there will be a “Movie Collections” folder and inside of this viewers will find “Cinema Asian America.”
3. Click on “Make Do Say Think” folder and you will find Village/Versailles.
4. Click play and enjoy!

If you can’t find the film that way, you can always search for A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES, by typing in the title of the film using your remote control. Or, to add us to your Comcast On Demand cue from your computer, click here to do so.

American Library Association Conference (New Orleans, LA) – Fri 6/24 thru 6/26

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:46:32 +0000

NEW ORLEANS, LA

WHAT: Screening/Discussion at the 2011 ALA Annual Meeting presented by the Anthropology and Sociology Section
WHEN: Sunday, 6/26 @ 8am-12pm

WHERE: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Room 356-357

Screening followed by panel discussion about how the residents of the region responded to the disaster, but also the ways communities began to rebuild. Panel participants include: S. Leo Chiang; Rebecca Troy-Horton, head of the Government Information Department at the McNeese State University Library in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Frederick Weil, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

WHAT: Screening/Discussion at the 2011 ALA Annual Meeting presented by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
WHEN: Sunday, 6/26 @ 10:30am-12pm
WHERE: Morial Convention Center – Rm 287

Screening followed by a panel discussion comprised of local librarians and community organizers who are featured in the film. The panel discussion will focus on how library resources have helped the community after a crisis and the challenges for a community with the destruction of their local library.

WHAT: Versailles Village Bus Tour & Luncheon presented by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
WHEN: Friday, 6/24 @ 11:30am-4:30pm

WHERE: Pick up and drop off at W Hotel, 333 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 7013

The tour will be led by Minh Nguyen, the Executive Director of the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association (VAYLA).

National Conference on Volunteering & Service (New Orleans, LA) – Tue 6/7

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:41:22 +0000

WHAT: National Conference on Volunteering & Service
WHEN: Tue, 6/7 · 8:30am & noon
WHERE: New Orleans Convention Center

Session 5140 @ 8:30am – Community Cinema and Service Learning Through Film: A Village Called Versailles, presented by ITVS
Session 5718 @ noon – A Village Called Versailles screening

Leo will attend both sessions.

Association of Asian American Studies Conference (New Orleans, LA)-Thur 5/19

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:18:03 +0000

WHAT: Association of Asian American Studies Conference
WHEN: Thur, 5/19 · 4:30-6p
WHERE: Room: Rhythms 2, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Session number is T38, and the screening will be followed by a Q&A with Moderator: Linda Trinh Vo, UC Irvine; S. Leo Chiang, Producer/Director; Minh Thanh Nguyen, VAYLA-NO; & Diem Nguyen, MQVN-CDC.

Southern California Grantmakers Screening (Los Angeles, CA)-Tue 4/26

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:58:02 +0000

WHAT: Southern California Grantmakers Screening 2011
WHEN: Tue, 4/26 · 5:30-7:30p
WHERE: Downtown Independent, 251 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Director S. Leo Chiang to attend

The Green Project Screening (New Orleans, LA)-Thur 4/21

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:48:51 +0000

WHAT: The Green Project Screening
WHEN: Thur, 4/21 · 7-10p
WHERE: The Green Project, 2831 Marais Street, New Orleans, LA 70117

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Screening (Milwaukee, WI)-Thur 4/14

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:43:56 +0000

WHAT: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Screening
WHEN: Thur, 4/14 · 6p
WHERE: Union Fireside Lounge, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53201

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available. Co-sponsored by the Hmong Diaspora Studies Program, Multicultural Student Coalition, Diversity and Climate, and the Organization of Chinese Americans-WI Chapter. For more information, please contact Dr. Chia Youyee Vang at vangcy@uwm.edu or Phylicia Rios Rivera at pnr@uwm.edu.

Good Look Film Fest Mission High School and California College of the Arts (San Francisco, CA)- Wed 4/13-17

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:36:36 +0000

WHAT: Good Look Film Festival
WHEN: Fri 4/15 . 7:00p
WHERE:California College of the Arts Oakland, 5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618

White Privilege Conference (Minneapolis, MN)-Wed 4/13

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:30:14 +0000

WHAT: White Privilege Conference
WHEN: Wed 4/13 · 7-8:30p.
WHERE: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55439

The conference is by invite only and A Village Called Versailles will be shown 4/13-16.