The relationship between the United States and Vietnam is significant in its
The Film Studies Program and the Asian Studies Center present a screening of Sthaniya Sambaad / Spring in the Colony directed by Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas (India (Bengali), 2009) and winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the New York Indian Film Festival in 2011. Filmmaker Moinak Biswas will be present to introduce the film.
Reviews and information on the film at http://sthaniya.wordpress.com/ and
http://www.sthaniyasambaad.com/
The festival will introduce local residents to unique viewpoints and will showcase films from Ukraine, USA, Canada and Western Europe with Ukrainian content. Many of the film screenings will also feature a Ukrainian cuisine reception and appearances by the film directors and/or experts/professors from the local Universities to provide an interactive environment and all-encompassing experience.
Seven films and documentaries will be presented at the State-of-the art Baverso Theater. Foreign language films are subtitled in English.
Film Schedule:
October 7 - Genocide Revealed
Khet Mar is from Burma and she will be reading a short story of hers entitled " Night Flow". Before she will begin the reading , she will explain a little bit about Burma with power-point . She will compare between the situation in her country and how she tries to write to pass censorship. Khet Mar is a journalist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist born in Burma. Author of the novel Wild Snowy Night, three collections of short stories and a volume of essays, she has had work translated into Japanese, Spanish and English, broadcast, and made into a film.
1:30 p.m. "Helminths Infections", Bernard J. C. Macatangay, MD, Pittsburgh Immunology Specialty Lab, Division of Infectious Diseases/HIV/AIDS Unit, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
2:30 p.m. "Intestinal Protozoa", William Markle, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Director, UPMC McKeesport Family Medicine Residency
3:30 p.m. "Cholera and Typhoid with a MyGlobalHealth Refresher", Paul Larson, MD, MS, DTMH, Faculty, UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency, Director, Global Health Education
Madhyama Prasaran and Scientific Research Foundation has produced a 20 minute short film on child sexual abuse. 'Meryll' directed by Raghav Bhotika is the story of a girl who is going through an extremely sensitive period in her life, so much so that it can either destroy or cure her for life. Walking on a thin line between sanity and reality we see just how aloof Meryll is from the outside world and how little her own family knows her. During this journey, Meryll sees some light at the end of the tunnel, but she will have to put her past daemons aside.
Informational session for interested students and faculty. A Peace Corps recruiter and returned volunteer will share stories and
pictures from her service in Togo and provide information on the application process, benefits, and more.
A presentation by Dr. Daniele Alesani, head of the Statutory Reporting Unit at the United Nations Population Fund, on employment opportunities and developing the skill sets required for employment with the UN.
