You’re cordially invited to a series of events at Yale with the Cambodian filmmaker Kavich Neang and his team, who are behind the success of “White Building”—Cambodia’s entry for the 2022 Academy Awards.
The film "White Building," (trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtAUltfvadI), premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021 and won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor. It also gathers accolades from the BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, and Lisbon&Estoril Film Festival, among others.
The film follows 20-year-old Samnang and his group of friends in a landmark tenement housing block in Phnom Penh, endearingly called the White Building. By narrating the harrowing experience of the building’s residents as they navigate the destruction of their homes, the film reveals the brutal realities of gentrification and the pitfall of progress in modern Cambodia.
Wednesday 27th April, 2022
Film workshop with Kavich Neang, Sreylin Meas, and Piseth Chhun (Registration Closed)
Time: 12:00PM
Location: CCAM (Center for Collaborative Arts and Media), 149 York Street, New Haven
Thursday 28th April, 2022
Luncheon with the Southeast Asian Movement at Yale (Registration Closed)
Time: 12:00PM
Location: Asian American Cultural Center, 295 Crown Street, New Haven
Screening of the White Building and Q&A
Time: 06:00PM
Location: Humanities Quadrangle Screening Room (HQ L01, the Alice Room), 320 York Street, New Haven
The event is sponsored by the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale, The Poynter Fellowship, the Asian American Cultural Center, Yale School of the Environment, Public Humanities at Yale, and the Urban Studies Program at the Yale School of Architecture.
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Please let us know which event(s) you would like to participate during Kavich Neang's campus visit (April 27th-28th, 2022). These are for Yale students and affiliates only due to current COVID-19 policies. There are limited spots, so please register as soon as possible.
Thank you so much and we are looking forward to welcoming you in person!
