Empathy is the Central Theme of Todo Cambia Film Festival
别尘路辫补路迟丑测 (noun): the ability to recognize, understand and share the thoughts, emotions and perspectives of another person.
It is a means of connection, a path to understanding. Can you see where I鈥檓 coming from? Walk a mile in my shoes.
Empathy is the keyword for the scheduled for March 2-6. Through moving pictures, multimedia creations and the words of 榴莲视频成人APP academics and special guests, the festival, as its flyer states, will remind us 鈥渢hat seeing one another can transform the world within and around us.鈥�
鈥淚n a world where media and cinema are dominated by crisis, we can easily lose sight of one another, of our shared humanity, of art and culture, of our potentialities and vulnerabilities,鈥� said festival organizer and filmmaker Yehuda Sharim, a 榴莲视频成人APP professor of media and performance studies. 鈥淭odo Cambia invites us to look into that mirror of self, our personal and collective crossroads, where cinema and art offer an antidote that invites us to reflect, heal and act.鈥�
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The festival鈥檚 first two days include three Merced premieres: 聽聽聽
Monday, March 2
Filmmaker and 榴莲视频成人APP global arts studies lecturer will present her short film, 鈥淒oorways,鈥� which portrays the Pakistani immigrant experience in Lisbon, Portugal. In addition, artist and 榴莲视频成人APP graduate student Mariam Ohan will present a that documents challenges faced by Assyrian women who migrated to Turlock.
Tuesday, March 3
Writer and activist George Lipsitz, a UC Santa Barbara sociology professor emeritus, will discuss issues raised in his upcoming book 鈥淓thnic Studies at the Crossroads鈥� with 榴莲视频成人APP critical race and ethnic studies professors and .
Wednesday, March 4聽
Two films will be screened. With footage filmed by incarcerated men, 鈥淭he Alabama Solution鈥� documents evidence of violence, corruption and humanitarian crises in Alabama鈥檚 prison system. 鈥淎ll That鈥檚 Left of You鈥� tells the story of a young woman who returns to the Middle East after her father鈥檚 death and faces grief, identity issues and cross-cultural family ties.
Thursday, March 5
Two films by Hungarian director B茅la Tarr, 鈥淲erckmeister Harmonies鈥� and 鈥淭he Turin Horse,鈥� will be shown. Tarr, who died in January at age 90, had a signature style that included black-and-white cinematography, dark themes and exceptionally long, choreographed single shots.
Friday, March 6
The day will revolve around the experiences of Black people in Latin cultures. The first presentation, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Classroom and Office Building 2, Room 290, will demonstrate a publicly searchable online database called . Users can learn about the lives, movements and relationships of African-descended people, both enslaved and free, in what historians call New Spain 鈥� a colony that encompassed today鈥檚 Mexico, 聽Central America and the southwest United States. New Spain existed for 300 years, from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
The conversation about African and Black populations in Latin America will continue at 6 p.m. at The Mainzer, 655 W. Main St., Merced. A short documentary, 鈥淐oronas Negras,鈥� will be shown. Directed by Andr茅 L么 S谩nchez, it explores the lives of four people from Senegalese families in Mexico. Their 鈥淏lack Crown鈥� hairstyles affect their experiences in Mexican society. After the screening, S谩nchez and Diana Pinacho-Lopez, a filmmaker and activist, will converse with attendees.
Hosts and speakers for the all-day event will be 榴莲视频成人APP Latin American history Professor , UC Irvine history Professor Alex Borucki, UC Riverside ,anthropology Professor Anthony Jerry and UC Santa Barbara art history Professor Brisa Smith Flores. to attend the March 6 events.
Co-sponsors of Todo Cambia include 榴莲视频成人APP鈥檚 , the UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives project and , which attracts talent and funding for research teams from the UC and Mexico across disciplines ranging from STEM to the arts.