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AMES Presents: 'Living the Pandemic' film series --Featuring New Works from The Folk Memory Project, Caochangdi, China
"Luo Luo's Future"
(Luo Luo, 2024, 69 min, China, Chinese w/ English subtitles, Digital)
-- Virtual Q&A to follow with filmmaker Luo Luo
Luo Luo entrusts her camera to her seven-year-old granddaughter, Manman. Through her eyes, the interior of their small home comes to glitter like jewels in a treasure box. We learn once again how to partake in the endless joy of the world.
About the Director:
Luo Luo (full name: Luo Ziyue) was born in 1962 in Miyi County, Sichuan Province, where she has lived ever since. Like most women of her generation, she married, had children, worked, raised her family, cared for her parents, and eventually retired.
In 2019, she joined the Caochangdi Workstation, where she began learning filming and editing. In 2021, she made her first film, "Luo Luo's Fear", followed by her second work, "Luo Luo's Youth", in 2022. Both films were selected for the "Asian New Waves" section of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan. "Luo Luo's Future" is her third film
About the series:
This screening is part of the 2025 Living the Pandemic Film Series by AMES Presents, featuring new works from The Folk Memory Project, Caochangdi, China.
[https://repository.duke.edu/dc/memoryproject]
Sponsored by the Dept. of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Duke Cinematic Arts, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and the East Asian Collection at Duke University Libraries.
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Event URL: https://cinematicarts.duke.edu/screensociety/screenings/luo-luos-future-memory-project-living-pandemic-series
Screen/Society screenings are free and open to the public.
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https://cinematicarts.duke.edu/covid-19-information
Parking Info: https://artscenter.duke.edu/parking
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