Events in UCIS

Friday, October 6

9:00 am Cultural Event
WPTS Cultural Marathon
Announced by:
Center for African Studies on behalf of WPTS Radio
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Tune in at 92.1 FM and online: https://wptsradio.org/listen/

12 hours of specialty content highlighting the diversity of Pitt's campus! Hear from a different organization every hour.

Hear from the Center for African Studies from 1pm - 2pm!

1:00 pm Student Club Activity
Polish Conversation Table
Location:
Cathedral of Learning 126
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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Come practice your conversational Polish at these weekly meetings!

4:00 pm Student Club Activity
Kya Baat Hai!
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Kya Baat Hai!
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Join Kya Baat Hai weekly conversation hours for students to practice speaking in Hindi and Urdu and connect over shared cultural experiences!

5:30 pm Film
SCREENSHOT: Asia Film Festival "Hail to Hell"
Location:
Harris Theater
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Screenshot: Asia
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Lim Oh-Jeong | 2022 | 109 Minutes| South Korea

In this black comedy from Na Mi and Sun Woo, who have been suffering from bullying and school violence throughout their school days, attempt suicide while their classmates go on a school trip. After the silly yet ridiculous suicide failure, the two try to take revenge on Chae Rin, who bullied them most and now lives happily in Seoul. However, their plans go awry. Ridiculously, Chae Rin, the worst bully ever, has found religion and has turned into a genuinely good person. What should they do now?

Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.

For more information about the film festival, click here

5:30 pm Student Club Activity
Addverse Poesia Meeting
Location:
Global Hub
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Addverse Poesia
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Join Addverse Poesia, an international and multilingual poetry group that discusses, reads and translates poems in at least 4 languages, for their weekly meetings!

8:00 pm Film
SCREENSHOT: Asia Film Festival "Autobiography"
Location:
Harris Theater
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Screenshot: Asia
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Makbul Mubarak | 2022 | 115 minutes | Indonesia, Poland, Germany, Qatar, Philippines, France, Singapore

A young man--Rakib (Kevin Ardilova)--is working as a housekeeper in an empty mansion. When its owner, retired general, Purnawinata (Arswendy Bening Swara), returns to start his mayoral election campaign, the young man bonds with him and defends him when his campaign is vandalized, setting off a chain of violence.

Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.

For more information about the film festival, click here