AEMS News and Reviews: Fall 2008 (Issue: #30)

Lee, Tanya S.

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Title

AEMS News and Reviews: Fall 2008 (Issue: #30)

Author(s)

Lee, Tanya S.

Contributor(s)

• Douglas, Gavin
• Shahrani, M. Nazif
• Dube, Clayton
• Cagle, Robert
• Fu, Poshek

Issue Date

2008-09-01

Keyword(s)

AEMS News and Reviews

Date of Ingest

2025-07-29T16:43:58-05:00

Geographic Coverage

• Cambodia
• Thailand
• United States:
• Afghanistan
• China

Abstract

Our fall issue brings us reviews of four extraordinary films on topics spanning the Asian continent; if there is a theme this time, it might be “tragedy and transcendence.” The Flute Player, reviewed by Gavin Douglas (along with Monkey Dance), asks how music can give the survivors of the Cambodian genocide the strength to heal and to speak. Nazif Shahrani introduces Kabul Transit, a street-level exploration of the fractured cityscape of contemporary Kabul, Afghanistan—like Cambodia, a place torn apart by violence and trying to heal, but against daunting odds. The Blood of Yingzhou District moved reviewer Bob Cagle to action—after viewing this film about AIDS orphans in China, he began to organize fundraisers for their medical care. Finally, on a somewhat lighter note, Clay Dube takes us to a classroom in Wuhan, China, for an experiment in electoral politics—with some provoking questions to consider as we build up to our own presidential election. In our Teaching and Technology column, I present a guide to finding and using digital videos in a world exploding with technological opportunities and obstacles.

Publisher

Asian Educational Media Service

Series/Report Name or Number

Issue: #30

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

newsletter

Language

eng

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

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