HIFF On-Campus Film Screening (Indonesia)

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 Wednesday, October 15 at 2:30 PM for a special screening of

Chants of Lotus
Perempuan Punya Cerita
2007, Indonesia, Directed by Fatimah T. Rony, Lasja, Nia Dinata, Upi

Four women filmmakers tackle four different stories about lives of marginalized women in Indonesia: in "Chant From an Island", a midwife in a deserted island sacrifices her dying health to rescue a mentally challenged woman; in "Chant From a Tourist Town", a high-school student toys around with an overwhelming access to free sex, which may put her life in jeopardy; in "Chant From a Village", a single mother is forced to see her daughter and her best friend fall victims to women and children trafficking syndicate; and in "Chant From the Capital City", a middle class Chinese woman is about to be separated from her only daughter because of an HIV threat.
-- Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival

The directors are scheduled to be in the Architecture Auditorium for a post-screening question-and-answer session!

Special repeat screening at 7:30 PM, Wednesday, October 15!

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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