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AsiaLENS: Finding KUKAN

Event Type
Film Screening
Sponsor
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Location
Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium (600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana)
Date
Apr 9, 2019   7:00 pm  
Cost
Free and open to the public
Contact
Jason Finkelman
E-Mail
finkelma@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
CEAPS Events Calendar


KUKAN
, a landmark color film that revealed the atrocities of World War II China to audiences around the world, was the first ever American feature documentary to receive an Academy Award in 1942. After World War II, the film became lost and no copy of it could be found. When filmmaker Robin Lung discovers a badly damaged film print of the "lost" KUKAN, she pieces together the inspirational tale of the two renegades behind the making of it -- Chinese American playwright Li Ling-Ai and cameraman Rey Scott. (Directed by Robin Lung. 
2017. China and United States. 75 minutes.)

AsiaLENS is a series of free public film screenings and discussion programs—organized by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS)/Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (CEAPS) in collaboration with the Spurlock Museum—presenting recent documentary and independent films on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia. Local and visiting experts introduce the films and lead audiences in post-screening discussions.

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