Week of September 20, 2020 in UCIS

Sunday, September 20

4:00 pm Student Club Activity
Pitt Daehwa - Korean Conversation Hour
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
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Practice your Korean at Pitt Daehwa's weekly conversation hour!

Monday, September 21

11:00 am Information Session
Center for Latin American Studies - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Hub
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Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Latin American Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, programs, and more.

Virtual Office Hours:
Mondays 11AM-12PM
Tuesdays 12-1PM
Thursdays 11:30AM-12:30PM

Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98550944503

1:00 pm Information Session
Asian Studies Center - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center and Global Hub
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Speak with a representative from the Asian Studies Center to learn about their offerings, including the Asian Studies Certificate, events, and more.

Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96441387574

1:30 pm Panel Discussion
Charlemos Series: Votes, Drugs, and Violence: Mexico and Beyond
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies along with Latin American Political Institutions Section LASA
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The fifth Charlemos will take place on Monday, September 21, 2020 at 1:30 pm EDT. Fabrice Lehoucq (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) will moderate a discussion with Sandra Ley (CIDE) and Guillermo Trejo (University of Notre Dame) on "Votes, Drugs, and Violence: Mexico and Beyond". They will discuss their book "Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico" (Cambridge University Press, August 2020). See below for the book description from Cambridge University Press:

One of the most surprising developments in Mexico's transition to democracy is the outbreak of criminal wars and large-scale criminal violence. Why did Mexican cartels go to war as the country transitioned away from one-party rule? And why have criminal wars proliferated as democracy has consolidated and elections have become more competitive subnationally? In Votes, Drugs, and Violence, Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley develop a political theory of criminal violence in weak democracies that elucidates how democratic politics and the fragmentation of power fundamentally shape cartels' incentives for war and peace. Drawing on in-depth case studies and statistical analysis spanning more than two decades of multiple levels of government, Trejo and Ley show that electoral competitiion and partisan conflict were key drivers of the outbreak of Mexico's crime wars, the intensification of violence, and the expansion of war and violence to the spheres of local politics and civil society.

Registration is required for this webinar. Please click this link to register - https://tinyurl.com/yy8d6j6r

4:00 pm Information Session
Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and Global Hub
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Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, events, scholarships and more.

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91198700639

7:00 pm Teacher Training--Area Studies
From Our Classroom To Yours: East Asian Case Studies in Human Geography: Population, Migration, and Innovation
Sponsored by:
National Consortium on Teaching About Asia
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A series of NCTA Master Teacher workshops on integrating East Asia into your classroom.
Join us for a teacher to teacher presentations that will cover content, strategies, implementation, and resources for bringing East Asia into your classroom this year.

How do you teach about East Asia or use the many outstanding classroom resources of NCTA if you do not teach an Asian Studies course? Over the past ten years of my association with NCTA, I have incorporated Asia content and case studies into general history, social studies, and humanities classes. During this workshop, I would like to share three examples from my AP Human Geography class:

* Population and Demographic Transition through a comparison of Japan’s declining birth rates with Northern India
* Migration of Chinese workers from villages to cities - Factory Girls, Girls on the Line, and Ai Wei Wei's documentary Human Flow.
* Innovation in North and South Korea: a tale of two industrializations

Tuesday, September 22

10:00 am Workshop
Study Abroad Engagement Session: Students
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Experiences Office
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Pitt Study Abroad is reimagining the future of global education and is looking for input and ideas from the Pitt community. This one hour session will explore and solicit feedback on new experiences and program options on-campus, in the US, and abroad that will take Pitt to the world and bring the world to Pitt.

11:00 am Information Session
Pitt Commons Demonstration
Location:
Online (Zoom)
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies, Asian Studies Center, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Studies Center, Global Studies Center, Global Hub and UCIS Engagement
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Learn how to sign up for your Pitt Commons profile, the benefits of using this networking platform, and how to apply for our new International Careers Mentoring Program.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3bWdwPN

12:00 pm Information Session
Center for Latin American Studies - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Online (Zoom)
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Hub
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Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Latin American Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, programs, and more.

Virtual Office Hours:
Mondays 11AM-12PM
Tuesdays 12-1PM
Thursdays 11:30AM-12:30PM

Zoom link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98550944503

1:00 pm Information Session
Study Abroad Engagement Session: Faculty
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Experiences Office
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Pitt Study Abroad is reimagining the future of global education and is looking for input and ideas from the Pitt community. This one hour session will explore and solicit feedback on new experiences and program options on-campus, in the US, and abroad that will take Pitt to the world and bring the world to Pitt.

2:00 pm Lecture
The Caucasus: From Geopolitics to Geopoetics
Announced by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies on behalf of Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, the Institute of Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, the Russian East European & Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University, the Center for Russian East European & Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan, the Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University, the Center for Russia East Europe and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies at The University of Chicago and the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at The Ohio State University
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Harsha Ram is Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of California - Berkeley.

WATCH LIVE via https://youtu.be/npqUgsP1aBQ

This event is part of the Area Studies Lecture Series presented by the 2018-2021 U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies grant recipients for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.

3:00 pm Seminar
AFRCNA 0300 Racialized Policing Pop-Up Course
Location:
Virtual, see website to enroll!
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center
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This course provides students with an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the United States in a global perspective. Expanding on our summer series, students will focus on topics such as racial capitalism, colonialism and settler colonialism, and transnational trends in militarized policing and police violence. Students who complete the course will appreciate how policing in the USA shapes and is shaped by global processes.

The pop-up course will kick off on September 15!

7:00 pm Information Session
Global Studies Center Politics and Economy Student Meet 'n Greet
Location:
Virtual, see website to join!
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center
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A forum for existing, new, and interested GSC students to learn about new resources and programs, exchange information about classes, internships, student clubs, and give input on what you’d like to see from the Global Studies Center in the future. We will incorporate sessions with alumni to get their insights, representatives from student clubs, and faculty who teach courses for our certificates, among others.

Virtual sessions will focus on each of the Global Studies certificate concentrations, and students are welcome to join as many as they like.

Contact Elaine if you represent a student organization that would like to speak at one of these sessions or has any questions.

7:00 pm Student Club Activity
Pitt German Club: Tuesday Stammtisch
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Pitt German Club
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Stammtisch is the German Club's weekly conversation table for speaks of all levels from absolute beginners to fluent speakers. Here we practice our language skills while also learning about German culture through fun games and activities!

Zoom Meeting ID: 988 3897 9763
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98838979763

8:00 pm Student Club Activity
Chinese Language & Culture Club Meeting
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
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Join the Chinese Language & Culture Club for their bi-weekly meetings. The club celebrates the Chinese culture, language, festivals, and traditions. This semester, we’ll celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, watch Chinese TV shows, learn about Pitt Chinese Programs, and learn how to make hot pot! etc.

Wednesday, September 23

11:00 am Cultural Event
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Conversation Hour
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and Global Hub
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Practice your Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian at our weekly conversation hour!

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92134427094

12:00 pm Lecture
Race and Racism in the Mediterranean at the Beginning of the Modern Age
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies, Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Studies Center and Global Studies Center
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The University Center for International Studies now offers a Certificate in Mediterranean Studies at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. A certificate in Mediterranean studies provides Pitt students and faculty with the institutional support and organizational structure to examine issues and themes across the Mediterranean world over a broad chronological span – from Antiquity to the present. The interdisciplinary certificates offered by the European Studies Center contextualize the ideas of Mediterranean cultures past and present and examine the influence of those ideas outside of the region.

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Emmanuel Rota, University of Illinois, on “Race and Racism in the Early Modern Period in the Mediterranean Region.”

We encourage our audience to participate in the Q&A discussion following the lecture.

A GrubHub credit will be available (with limited quantities). Please register to receive directions how to receive your credit and set up your delivery.

12:30 pm Information Session
Pitt Global Hub Virtual Drop-In Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Hub
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The Pitt Global Hub is hosting virtual drop-in hours via Zoom every Wednesday from 12:30-1:30PM for students who wish to ask general questions regarding our international area studies and global studies certificates, study abroad, scholarships, clubs and language tables, and more.

Zoom link: http://pitt.zoom.us/j/96763408157

4:00 pm Information Session
Global Studies Center - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center and Global Hub
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Speak with a representative from the Global Studies Center to learn about their certificate offerings, events and programming, and more.

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95350117543

6:30 pm Film
Screening of Girl Rising
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center, Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Studies Center, Global Studies Center and Global Hub along with UCIS International Career Toolkit Series and Peace Corps
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Become inspired to make a difference. Join us for a free special screening of Girl Rising, a documentary film about the transformative power of education in the lives of girls around the world.

From Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins, Girl Rising follows nine unforgettable girls living in the developing world who confront tremendous challenges and overcome nearly impossible odds to pursue their dreams.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Peace Corps Regional Recruiter Ryan Stannard.

Register here: https://peacecorps.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItce-tpzwsH69f7d21CZE9...

Thursday, September 24

10:00 am Information Session
Study Abroad Engagement Session: Faculty
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Experiences Office
See Details

Pitt Study Abroad is reimagining the future of global education and is looking for input and ideas from the Pitt community. This one hour session will explore and solicit feedback on new experiences and program options on-campus, in the US, and abroad that will take Pitt to the world and bring the world to Pitt.

11:30 am Information Session
Center for Latin American Studies - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Hub
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Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Latin American Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, programs, and more.

Virtual Office Hours:
Mondays 11AM-12PM
Tuesdays 12-1PM
Thursdays 11:30AM-12:30PM

12:00 pm Lecture
From Aliaska to Alaska: Russian and American Colonialism
Location:
Zoom (Register Online)
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with Carnegie Corporation of New York
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A live interview with Bathsheba Demuth (Brown University) and Ilya Vinkovetsky (Simon Fraser University)

Register: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtdemuqzIoEtLzpRv8KQxK-hZeWqFg-iiT
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1:00 pm Information Session
Study Abroad Engagement Session: Students
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Experiences Office
See Details

Pitt Study Abroad is reimagining the future of global education and is looking for input and ideas from the Pitt community. This one hour session will explore and solicit feedback on new experiences and program options on-campus, in the US, and abroad that will take Pitt to the world and bring the world to Pitt.

2:30 pm Panel Discussion
Roundtable: Mediterranean Studies at Pitt
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies, Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, European Studies Center and Global Studies Center
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Panelists:
Mohammed Bamyeh, Sociology
Diego Holstein, History
Lina Insana, French and Italian
Dijana Mujkanovic, GSPIA (Ph.D. candidate)

4:00 pm Information Session
Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and Global Hub
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Speak with a student ambassador from the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies to learn about their certificate offerings, events, scholarships and more.

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91198700639

4:00 pm Information Session
European Studies Center - Virtual Office Hours
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center and Global Hub
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Speak with a student ambassador from the European Studies Center to learn about their four certificate offerings, events, scholarships, symposia and more.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86171673232?pwd=aThWaHhxeDFsTEdPeGZsdzZaS01EQT09
Password: 4Lkh8d

4:00 pm Cultural Event
Laber Rhabarber - The German Conversation Hour
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Department of German
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Want to practice your German in a casual environment and get to know other students and faculty that share your love for this language? Then Laber Rhabarber is for you! All levels of German and all kinds of people are welcome!

Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91424897554

5:30 pm Lecture
"Warsaw's Most Beloved Jew": The Prewar and Postwar Celebrity of Lopek-Krukowski (1901-1984)
Location:
Virtual
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with Jewish Studies Program, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Department of Theatre Arts and Film and Media Studies Program
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This lecture examines the important role of acculturated Jewish comedians in interwar Poland's popular culture, focusing on cabaret and film star Kazimierz Krukowski (1901-1984). Krukowski regularly played a lower middle-class Jewish merchant named Lopek, who quickly became "Warsaw's most beloved Jew" in the city's priciest cabarets. Lopek's songs, written by Jewish lyricists and composers, rendered him an ironic commentator on business woes and everyday antisemitism, and made him into Warsaw?s everyman, a character bewildered by modernity, yet eager to pursue the city's high life. Having survived the war in the USSR, Krukowski returned to Poland and opened a cabaret:"Lopek's Place." Holmgren addresses modern Jewish urban identity and comedy, which thrived in interwar Poland, and she asks to what extent those Jewish writers and actors shaped a legacy for the communist period as well.

Registration: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErduCsrjspHNbpInT6m3Vwm6LBZ5fnWbjJ

6:30 pm Film
Screenshot: Japan Documentary Film Award
Location:
Screened live on video
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Film and Media Studies Program; SCREENSHOT: ASIA
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6:30 PM: An introduction and screening of Soda Kazuhiro's Oyster Factory (2015)

9:30PM : A conversation with Soda Kazuhiro

All events will be screened live on video: https://vimeo.com/event/227238

The 2020 Japan Documentary Film Award program will launch with the screening of guest judge and filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda’s filme the Oyster Factory (Kaki Kouba, (2015)), His seventh feature-length documentary, charts the struggles of the oyster producing community of Ushimado as the industry clashes with population decline and the entrance of foreign workers. At once an exploration of individual human labor and of the massive effect of the Anthropocene, Oyster Factory charts human lives lived on the margins. His intimate portraits reveal larger issues at play in Japan: economic anxiety and struggles over immigration. The film’s empathetic portrayal of its central figures effectively captures the hopes and fears of an industry growing older, and what that means for future Japan. The screening will be held on Thursday September 24 at 6:30 pm EDT on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/227238

Thursday, September 24 until Friday, September 25

4:00 pm Film/Panel Discussion
Global Studies Center Screening of Border South with Q&A & Debrief
Location:
Online (Register for viewing and Zoom info)
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center and Global Hub along with HT94 PGH
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The HT94 Pitt team, along with the Global Studies Center and the Pitt Global Hub present a free screening of "Border South" (available in both Spanish and English) for 24 hours on September 24-25 (4PM ET-4PM ET).

Film Synopsis: To stem the immigration tide, Mexico and the U.S. collaborate to crack down on migrants, forcing them into ever more dangerous territory. Every year hundreds of thousands of migrants make their way along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border. Gustavo’s gunshot wounds from Mexican police, which have achieved abundant press attention, might just earn him a ticket out of Nicaragua. Meanwhile anthropologist Jason painstakingly collects the trail’s remains, which have their own stories to tell. Fragmented stories from Hondurans crossing through southern Mexico assemble a vivid portrait of the thousands of immigrants who disappear along the trail. Border South reveals the immigrants’ resilience, ingenuity, and humor as it exposes a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life as well as death.

After the screening, please join us for a Q&A with the Director Raúl O. Paz Pastrana and Producer Jason De León on September 25th at 5PMET, and a debrief with the HT94 Pitt team at 7PMET.

By registering, you will receive info on how to access the screening and further instructions on joining the Q&A and debrief.

Register here: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3t6jGMUK97oleiF

Friday, September 25

2:00 pm Information Session
Global Health Case Competition Information Session
Location:
Virtual, see website to join!
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center along with Center for Global Health and Graduate School of Public Health
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With the Center for Global Health and Graduate School of Public Health, GSC will host Pitt's first Global Health Case Competition. This competition simulates professional practice in developing strategies to address a hypothetical global health scenario. Interdisciplinary teams of graduate and undergraduate students will develop presentations that address the scenario in a holistic way. Each team will present its strategy to a panel of experts, with the top team receiving support to participate in the 2021 Emory University International Case Competition.

Students can register as individuals or as part of a team. Each team must included graduate and undergraduate students from multiple disciplinary backgrounds. Further information can be found on our website. Questions? Reach out to Elaine.

3:00 pm Student Club Activity
Pitt German Club: Friday Stammtisch
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
Global Hub along with Pitt German Club
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Stammtisch is the German Club's weekly conversation table for speaks of all levels from absolute beginners to fluent speakers. Here we practice our language skills while also learning about German culture through fun games and activities!

Zoom Meeting ID: 950 0542 1812
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95005421812

4:15 pm Lecture
Panoramas Round Table: The Impact of COVID-19 on Brazil's Indigenous Population
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies along with Panoramas
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While all of Brazil has been hit hard by COVID-19, indigenous people have been disproportionately affected. Illegal miners and other outsiders have brought the virus to isolated indigenous communities that often lack access to healthcare and other resources needed to keep the virus at bay. The government has done little in response, leading to protests by several groups.

Abby Neiser will lead a roundtable discussion on the topic. You can read the article she wrote for Panoramas here - https://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/health-and-society/covid-19-presents-late...

Abby Neiser is a senior at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Political Science and Spanish with a minor in Portuguese and a Certificate in Latin American Studies. During the summer of 2019, she studied abroad in Cuba as part of the Pitt in Cuba program. She is also the President of the Luso-Brazilian Student Association at Pitt. She is one of the 2020-2021 Panoramas Interns.

Registration is required - https://tinyurl.com/y4xtqsj6

7:00 pm Film
Screenshot: Japan Documentary Film Award
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Film and Media Studies Program; SCREENSHOT: ASIA
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7:00 PM: An introduction with Honorable Mention winner Nanako Hirose and a screening of her film Book-Paper-Scissors (2019)

9:00 PM A conversation with Nanako Hirose about her award winning film

All events will be screened live on vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/227238

https://www.jdfa.pitt.edu/2020-screening-schedule

Kanagawa Prefecture native and Musashino Art University graduate Nanako Hirose is the 2020 JDFA Honorable Mention for her film, "Book-Paper-Scissors" (Tsutsunde, hirsute): the story of a master book designer. Although she has been working in the film industry for years, her director's debut film, "His Lost Name," was released in 2018.

Hirose Nanako, whose film Book-Paper-Scissors is a meditation on craft and art, follows the life and work of book designer Nobuyoshi Kikuchi. This deliberate film matches the craft it is following, allowing its audience to think about the surfaces and depths of artistic practice.

Saturday, September 26

7:00 pm Film
Screenshot: Japan Documentary Film Award
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center along with Film and Media Studies Program; SCREENSHOT: ASIA
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7:00 PM: An introduction with Grand Prize winner Tokachi Tsuchiya and a screening of his film An Ant Strikes Back (2019)

9:00 PM A conversation with Tokachi Tsuchiya about his award winning film

All events will be screened live on vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/227238

https://www.jdfa.pitt.edu/2020-screening-schedule

Kyoto native Tokachi Tsuchiya is an award-winning film maker and the 2020 JDFA Grand-Prize winner for his film, "An Ant Strikes Back" (Ari jigoku tengoku). In addition to his most recent documentary, his debut film, "A Normal Life, Please" (2008), received attention from the international film community in 2009 for its portrayal of the lives of Japanese truck drivers. He is also a co-counder for the film production company, Group Low Position.

"An Ant Strikes Back" tells the story of an employee speaking out against the labor abuses of the corporation where he works. The film draws from the traditions of great activist films, exploring the powerful story of a man who fights for his rights and the dignity of his labor.