When:
Friday, March 4, 2016
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
John Paluch
(847) 491-8081
Group: Forum for Languages and Cultures (Buffett Institute)
Category: Academic
Documentary Screening of In the Underground directed by Zhantao Song, 2015.
Reception at 6:00 p.m.
Screening at 7:00 p.m.
Followed by a panel discussion by Corey Bynes (Department of Asian language and Cultures) and Keith Woodhouse (Department of History)
Free for Wildcard holders
Deep underneath the Earth’s surface, Chinese miners blackened with soot work long, dark days with little rest, while the stress and danger of their work increases worries at home. One has a child on the way, but can he maintain the precarious balance of his life and livelihood? Masterfully capturing the claustrophobic environments, In the Underground is an intimate and powerful look at the toll that China’s industrialization has taken on its people.
Sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Cutlures and the Forum for Languages and Cultures in the Buffett institute
*Will also screen at the Chicago International Film Festive in October, 2016