HIFF On-Campus Film Screening (Thailand)

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is partnering with the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival to bring seven films from Southeast Asia to the University for a series of free screenings during the 2008 festival!

The films - including several North American premiere screenings - are scheduled from October 13 to October 15 at the Architecture Auditorium on the Manoa campus.

All screenings are free and open to students and the public. Click here for a complete screening schedule and film descriptions.

Join us Tuesday, October 14 at 8:00 PM for a special screening of

The Truth to Be Told
2007, Thailand, Directed by Pampika Towira

In October 2005, Thailand telecommunications giant Shin Corporation, owned by the family of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, brings an $11-million defamation lawsuit against Supinya Klangnarong, a prominent Thai journalist, university lecturer and media rights activist. She had accused the corporation of colluding with the government. During the tumultuous months of her trial, director Pimpaka Towira, a leading figure of Thailand's independent film scene, accompanies the level-headed Klangnarong, capturing a portrait of idealism and integrity. The result is a beguiling mix of cinema vérité, personal profile, political exposé and national diary. Proving that freedom of speech and public activism can effect change, THE TRUTH BE TOLD seamlessly combines a fluid experimental style with an engaging narrative structure that comments on the legal, political and constitutional turmoil in contemporary Thai society.
-- Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival

Director Pampika Towira will be in the Architecture Auditorium for a post-screening question-and-answer session!

Ticket Information
Free

Event Sponsor
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Manoa Campus

More Information
Paul Rausch, 956-2688, cseas@hawaii.edu, http://hawaii.edu/cseas

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