Film Screening and Discussion: An Evening with Li Yang Monday, November 17 / 6 PM-10 PM / $5-Students, $6-General Admission Isla Vista Theater 960 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista 6:00 Happy Swan Song. 1994, 43 min. Screened on video (U.S. premiere). This documentary presents a fascinating look at how the carnivalesque celebrations of excess that surround funeral ceremonies in Yunnan province illuminate important aspects of the culture. 6:50 Blind Shaft. 2003, 92 min., 35mm. (Santa Barbara premiere)Every day, thousands of people risk their lives in China's dangerous and often illegal mines. Song and Tang are two of them, but they have a plan--one that involves murder and extortion. But having won the trust of young Luan, the two have a crisis of conscience that leads to an unexpected turn. Li blurs definitions of right and wrong in this chilling tale of Chinese workers trying to get by any way they can. 8:30 One on One with Director Li Yang. Li Yang in Dialogue with Prof. Michael Berry (East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies, UCSB), will field questions from the audience. These films contains violence, profanity, and sexual situations. Viewer discretion is advised. Presented by Film Studies, East Asian Lang. & Cultural Studies, The East Asia Center, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, the Anthropology Department, The Film Library and Kino International. Top of Page <<Back