In the late 1930s China is in dire straits. The country will collapse under Japan’s military juggernaut if it does not receive outside assistance. Chinese-American firebrand Li Ling-Ai jolts Americans into action with a new medium: the 16mm Kodachrome color film. She hires American photojournalist Rey Scott to travel to China and capture a citizen’s perspective of the war-torn country, including the massive bombing of the wartime capital Chungking (now Chongqing). Their landmark film Kukan is screened by President Roosevelt at the White House, called “awesome” by the New York Times, and receives one of the first Academy Awards for a feature documentary in 1942. Why have we never heard of Li Ling-Ai? And why have all copies of Kukan disappeared? Finding Kukan director Robin Lung turns detective and goes on a seven-year quest to find the answers. 75 minutes. Film website: http://www.nestedeggproductions.com/
Friday Sep 28, 2018
5:30pm Peters Education Center Auditorium (West of Save-Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center Building). All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.CineCulture- Finding Kukan
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5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
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CineCulture- Finding Kukan