- Sponsor
- Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, Asian American Cultural Center, Asian American Studies at UIUC
- Speaker
- Professor Leland Tabares
- Cost
- Free
- Registration
- Registration
- Contact
- Katya Reno
- katyar@illinois.edu
- Views
- 16
- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
The Spurlock Movie Club will be hosting a discussion of the film, A Thousand Cuts, as part of our new series, International Activism in Film. The event is held in partnership with the Asian American Cultural Center and will feature Visiting Assistant Professor Leland Tabares from the Department of Asian American Studies at UIUC.
A Thousand Cuts portrays an escalating war between the government of the Philippines and the Philippine press. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist, who becomes a top target of President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on the news media. The event will take place over Zoom webinar