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Posts Tagged ‘Asian American’
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES caps off a great October by winning our second award–an AUDIENCE AWARD at the New Orleans Film Festival! Thanks to all of you who came out and supported us at all of our various festivals stops.
November kicks off with Versailles’ most famous resident making big news. Rep. Joseph Cao (R-New Orleans), the first ever Vietnamese American elected to the US Congress who happens to come from Versailles, stirred up quite the controversy by being the only Republican in the House to vote for the Health Care Reform bill. You can find more news items about Rep. Cao by visiting our Facebook page.
We screen next in Austin, Boston (2 screenings), and Philly again:
AUSTIN, TX:
BOSTON, MA (Screening #1):
WHAT: UMass Boston Screening sponsored by Asian Am Studies Program
WHEN: Fri 11/20 @ 1 – 3:15pm
WHERE: Snowden Auditorium • Wheatley Bldg., 1st Flr, Rm 088, UMass Boston
TICKETS: No admission fee. Open to public.
The students from UMB Asian American Studies program provided us with some of the most compelling video footage in the film during their two visits in Nov ‘05 and Feb ‘06 to the Versailles community. Now we are bringing the film back to UMB. Director Leo Chiang in attendance.
BOSTON, MA (Screening #2):
WHAT: Boston Community Screening in Fields Corner
WHEN: Sun 11/22 @ 11:30 am
WHERE: Vietnamese American Community Center • 42 Charles St., Boston, MA 02122
TICKETS: No admission fee. Open to public.
Free screening at the heart of Boston’s Vietnamese American community in Fields Corner. The film will be screened with Vietnamese subtitles. Director S. Leo Chiang in attendance.
 We will also be screening at the Society of Visual Anthropology Film, Video, and Multimedia Festival on Sat 12/5 @ 1:30p as a part of the American Anthropological Association annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Please come see it if you are attending the conference.
The holiday season is right around the corner, and the A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES DVD makes a great gift!! Visit our website and purchase a copy today. The proceeds from the sales of DVDs go towards our community engagement campaign and enable us to continue showing the film around the country.
I want to end this update by sharing another great story of Vietnamese Americans making a difference in their community. Siblings Viet & Tram Nguyen, both principals of public elementary schools in Oakland, CA, have worked tirelessly to turn their schools around. Here is the feature story about them on the local ABC affiliate. Check it out.
Tags: A Village Called Versailles, Asian American, Documentary Film, environemental justice, Joseph Cao, New Orleans, S. Leo Chiang, Vietnamese American
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
WHAT: Advancing Justice Conference
WHEN: 10/29 @ 4pm
WHERE: The Center at Cathedral Plaza • 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
TICKETS: Open to conference attendees
Q&A with Director S. Leo Chiang and activist Uyen Le.
Tags: A Village Called Versailles, Advancing Justice, Asian American, Documentary Film, environemental justice, S. Leo Chiang, Vietnamese American
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
 Versailles resident Margret Nguyen answers a question at our New Orleans Film Fest screening
A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES has just been awarded the Audience Award for Documentary Feature at the New Orleans Film Festival. Needless to say, we are totally beside ourselves to snag our second award in a week. A big THANK YOU to all the folks who came out to see the film in New Orleans.
Our next stops are the Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu (screening tomorrow–Sat 10/17 @ 8:15 pm & Tue 10/20 @ noon) as well as the San Diego Asian Film Fest (Sun 10/18 @ 12:10pm & Wed 10/28 @ 3 pm). Please tell your friends and family to come out and check out our film. Don’t forget to come up and say hi afterward.
Tags: Asian American, Documentary Film, New Orleans, S. Leo Chiang, Vietnamese American
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
WHAT: New Orleans Film Festival
WHEN: Sun, Oct 11@ 5 pm
WHERE: Contemporary Arts Center • 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
TICKETS: Visit the New Orleans Film Festival website for more info
Followed by Q&A with Prod/Dir S. Leo Chiang. See you there!
Tags: A Village Called Versailles, Asian American, Documentary Film, New Orleans, S. Leo Chiang, Vietnamese American
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