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10/31/05

FILM 'NIGHT PASSAGE,' TALK WITH FILMMAKER AT SLU

CANTON - A screening of the film Night Passage, followed by a lecture and discussion with filmmaker Trinh Minh-ha, will take place at St. Lawrence University on Friday, November 4, at 3 p.m. in the Winston Room of the Student Center. The event, part of the Asian Studies Initiative, is open to the public, free of charge.

Born in Vietnam, Minh-ha is a filmmaker, writer and composer. The recipient of several awards and grants (including the American Film Institute's National Independent Filmmaker Maya Deren Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Film Institute, and the California Arts Council), Minh-ha's films have been shown widely in the U.S. and throughout the world. She has traveled and lectured extensively and has taught at the National Conservatory of Music in Dakar, Senegal; at universities including Cornell, San Francisco State, Smith and Harvard; and is professor of women's studies, film studies and rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley.

Night Passage (2004) is a "provocative digital tale" that "tells the story of three young friends traveling for a brief moment together on the train between life and death. Their journey into and out of the land of 'awakened dreams' occurs on a long ride on a night train."

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Trinh Minh-ha's Web Site