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Contact: Josh Baldwin at jbaldwin33@gatech.edu
Summary Sentence: Join us for a LIVE virtual screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary film Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan (2013)!
Full Summary: Join us for a LIVE virtual screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary film Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan (2013)! The film explores multiculturalism in Japanese society through the experiences of mixed-race Japanese people. The screening will be followed by a roundtable on multiculturalism and community sustainability with director Megumi Nishikura, Dr. Aurora Tsai from the University of Tokyo, and Dr. Tiffiny Hughes-Troutman, director of CARE at Georgia Tech. This event will be hosted on Bluejeans. Upon registration, you will receive an e-mail with a Bluejeans link to the event. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hafu-film-screening-tickets-137660519319 Contact: Josh Baldwin at jbaldwin33@gatech.edu This screening is part of the 2021 Global Media Festival, which explores United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. This series is organized by the Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages and co-sponsored by Atlanta Global Studies Center, Office of the Vice-Provost for International Initiatives, and Serve-Learn-Sustain. Learn more about the Global Media Festival: https://globalmediafest.modlangs.gatech.edu/
HAFU ScreeningJoin us for a LIVE virtual screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary film Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan (2013)! The film explores multiculturalism in Japanese society through the experiences of mixed-race Japanese people. The screening will be followed by a roundtable on multiculturalism and community sustainability with director Megumi Nishikura, Dr. Aurora Tsai from the University of Tokyo, and Dr. Tiffiny Hughes-Troutman, director of CARE at Georgia Tech.
This event will be hosted on Bluejeans. Upon registration, you will receive an e-mail with a Bluejeans link to the event.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hafu-film-screening-tickets-137660519319
Contact: Josh Baldwin at jbaldwin33@gatech.edu
This screening is part of the 2021 Global Media Festival, which explores United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. This series is organized by the Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages and co-sponsored by Atlanta Global Studies Center, Office of the Vice-Provost for International Initiatives, and Serve-Learn-Sustain. Learn more about the Global Media Festival: https://globalmediafest.modlangs.gatech.edu/
