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  • First Thursdays
  • Past Showcase
    • 29th Annual Asian American Showcase
    • Modern Portraits
    • FORGE
    • HOT WATER
    • CORONER TO THE STARS
    • BEFORE THE MOON FALLS
    • SEAT AT THE TABLE
    • HOOP LIKE THIS
    • WORKSHOP - SCREENWRITING
    • SHORTS - Kapwa (Shared Identity)
    • SHORTS - Another Version of Me
    • SHORTS - The Other Side
    • SHORTS - Dissonance
    • SHORTS - Breaking Out
    • SHORTS - Sketches in Motion
    • JONATHAN LAXAMANA EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
  • About
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FLICKS FOR THE SEOUL 2010

The Young Leaders of Korean American Community Services Presents

FLICKS FOR THE SEOUL 2010

Gene Siskel Film Center

An  Afternoon of Food, Friends and Film!

Join us this Memorial Day Weekend at the Gene Siskel Film Center for a screening of the Korean film Aeja (aka GOODBYE MOM), a humorous and moving examination of the intergenerational conflict between a Korean mother and her rebellious, aspiring-poet daughter! The Chicago Tribune has called the film representative of the explosion of Korean film in the last decade. Prior to the screening, there will be a catered reception allowing you to catch up with old friends and meet new ones.

 

 

Date

Sunday, May 30

Reception starts at 3:45 p

Screening of film starts at 5:15 p

 

Location

Gene Siskel Film Center

164 North State Street

Chicago, IL 60601

 

Tickets

Tickets - $20 online or $25 at the door.

Free appetizers are included in the ticket price.  A selection of beers, wines, and other drinks are available for purchase.

To purchase tickets online, go to http://flicks4theseoul2010.eventbrite.com/.

 

For Further Info

For additional details or if you have questions, contact Hume An at hume_an@yahoo.com or 312-286-8218, or check out our Facebook page at   http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93930684636.  You can watch the movie trailer on YouTube by clicking on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLRYZYF3ggY.

 

Sponsored by:

  • Young Leaders of Korean American Community Services (The KACS Associate Board)
  • Foundation for Asian American Independent Media
  • University of Illinois Asian American Alumni Network

 

A portion of ticket proceeds will go towards supporting the work of Korean American Community Services (KACS).  Founded in 1972, the mission of KACS is to celebrate Korean American ethnicity and to empower all members of the community by providing educational, legal, health and social services. KACS has emerged to become the largest, most comprehensive social service provider in metropolitan Chicago dedicated to meeting the needs of Korean Americans.

 

With programs spanning the life cycle, KACS is able to meet the ever-changing needs of the Korean American community in Chicago as well as the diverse, multi-cultural communities of northwest Chicago where the agency is located. KACS addresses the cultural and linguistic needs of our clients by offering services in Korean, English and Spanish. Each year more than 7,000 clients benefit from one of KACS services.   To learn more about KACS, visit our website at www.kacschicago.org.  

Saturday 05.22.10
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Anida Yoeu Ali On Chicago Public Radio!

Performance Artist on Muslim Identity and Art

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=41861
Click the link to listen to the talk!

American Muslims are using art as a vehicle for expression and social change. 

Anida Yoeu Ali is an international performance artist and writer who was born in Cambodia and raised in Chicago. 1700% is the name of Anida’s latest spoken word poem. The poem gets its name from the 1700 percent increase in reported hate and bias crimes against Arabs, Muslims and those perceived to be Arab or Muslim since the events of September 11, 2001. 

Recently, Worldview’s Assia Boundaoui sat down with Anida to talk about the interaction between identity and art. 

Sunday 05.09.10
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Download 15th Anniversary Compilation Album Now! LIMITED TIME ONLY!

Wasn't able to pick up the 15th Anniversary Compilation Album during the showcase?
Don't worry! Download the entire album right now! 

Click here to download the album and for more information about the artists!

Monday 04.26.10
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Did you miss A Village Called Versailles? Now's your chance to see it on the screen again at The Chicago Cultural Center!

Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM
The Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater
78 E. Washington St.60602

Independent Lens . A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES | PBS

Monday 04.26.10
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Vocalo.org interview on Eric Nakamura's (Giant Robot) blog

http://www.giantrobot.com/blogs/eric/2010/04/vocaloorg_14.html

Thursday 04.15.10
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Closing Night Film! Raspberry Magic! Thursday, April 15 @ 8:15pm

Directed by:  Leena Pendharkar 
Running Time: 82 minutes 

A leaking ceiling becomes a metaphor for an Indian American family’s psychic health in this warm and funny comedy-drama about falling apart and coming together again. The Shahs are just your typical over-achieving family, with video game-designer dad, cookbook author mom, science-star daughter, and her soccer-star little sister. When the failing economy threatens to take a larger slice out of their lifestyle and mom and dad make like the Bickersons, 11-year-old Monica becomes the backbone of the family and derives a surprising life lesson from her faltering science experiment.

For more information about the film, please visit here.

Wednesday 04.14.10
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Goh Nakamura @ Cole's! 9:00PM Thursday, April 15th

Come and enjoy Goh Nakamura's live performance at Cole's! 
awwwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeah!

2338 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
773-276-5802

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110753072290876&ref=mf

Wednesday 04.14.10
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Tim Hugh and his two ridiculously talented guests Eric Nakamura (Giant Robot) and Goh Nakamura on :Vocalo.org

On Monday, April 12, 2010, vTheory and myself were pleased as punch to have Tim Hugh, Festival Director of The Asian American Showcase, in the studio to talk about the Showcase, Asian American pop culture, and what is up with terrible Asian accents on TV. 

Tim was kind enough to bring two ridiculously talented guests along with him, Eric Nakamura from Giant Robot Magazine, and Goh Nakamura, a singer-songwriter from San Francisco. 

To listen to their talk on :vocalo, please visit here!

Wednesday 04.14.10
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Korean superstar Song Hye-kyo in "Make Yourself At Home" TONIGHT! Wednesday, April 14 @ 8:15pm

Directed by: Soopum Sohn
Running Time: 90 minutes 

An arranged marriage to a U.S. citizen leaves Sookhy (Korean superstar Song) sitting pretty, with an upwardly mobile husband, spacious suburban home, and only the inconvenience of a live-in mother-in-law. But all is not as it seems, and Sookhy may have inherited the supernatural powers of her own mother, a famous and feared Korean shaman. The attractive couple next door comes calling and the withdrawn newlywed comes out of her shell as this psychological thriller builds toward an identity crisis with some fatal repercussions. In English and Korean with English subtitles.

For more information about the film, please visit here.

Wednesday 04.14.10
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Lessons Of The Blood, Wednesday, April 14 @ 6:00pm

Directed by: James T. Hong & Yin-Ju Chen 
Running Time: 106 minutes 

One of the hidden horrors of the 20th century is brought to light in this hard-hitting documentary essay that details a Japanese history of chemical warfare and medical experimentation carried out largely against the Chinese population from the late ‘30s through WWII. Filmmakers Hong and Wang unearth copious proof of the use of biological weapons, live vivisection, and human experimentation, and include the testimony of living survivors now in their eighties.

For more information about the film, please visit here.

Wednesday 04.14.10
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Byte This | 1104 S. Wabash Avenue | 6PM | Film Row Cinema of Columbia College Chicago | 8th Floor

Monday 04.12.10
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Come to Columbia College tomorrow @ 6pm and hear how award-winning filmmaker Tad Nakamura, Giant Robot's Eric Nakamura, and singer songwriter Goh Nakamura are all making it in their creative industries with a little help from digital media.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2010/04/12/byte-this

For more information about the talk, please visit here.

Monday 04.12.10
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Don't miss out on this selection of Award Winning student shorts in The Young, the Fresh and the New! TODAY! Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 8:00pm

For more information about the selection of student shorts, please visit here .

Monday 04.12.10
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Check out Scrabble, an exciting Asian American indie band we love and you should too! Come to the Siskel and get a free compilation CD with Scrabble and 12 other exciting music projects from around the country.

Visual Crunch - Scrabbel

Monday 04.12.10
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It's more than just the 50th state. Delve into the complexities of the cultural, political and economic history of Hawaii in STATE OF ALOHA playing TODAY, Monday, April 12 @ 6:00pm

For more information about the film, please visit here.

Monday 04.12.10
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Only 4 more days left of the Showcase! Check the schedule for some amazing upcoming documentaries, short films and the closing feature Raspberry Magic! More fun is on the way!

Foundation for Asian American Independent Media - Film Schedule

Monday 04.12.10
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Bruce Alan Johnson and Christine Toy Johnson, director of "Transcending" in person TODAY!

Transcending - The Wat Misaka Story

Directed by: Bruce Alan Johnson & Christine Toy Johnson
Running Time: 84 minutes 
Country: USA

Sunday, April 11 | 5:30pm

 

For more information, please visit here.

Sunday 04.11.10
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TODAY @ 6 ! Memory Into Flesh: A Tribute to the Performance & Activism of Anida Yoeu Ali

Saturday, April 10th 
6-7:30pm
Gene Siskel Film Center

A multimedia conversation on stage with the artist recounting her raw energy, powerful vision and unbending conviction that refuses to acquiesce to what bell hooks so blatantly terms "the white-supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy" from spoken word to graphic design to political activism to writing to Butoh dance to performance art to motherhood.

Saturday 04.10.10
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"Strangers" director Michael Aki and actress Eugenia Yuan in person TODAY!

Come and watch "Strangers" Saturday, April 10 @ 8:00pm! 

For more information about the film, please click here!

Saturday 04.10.10
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Missed the super awesome movie "Sunsets" last night? COMING SOON to DVD May 24, 2010

For more information about how to purchase the DVD, click here!

It's also available on amazon!

Saturday 04.10.10
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