F.I.L.M. Series
This series is made possible by the office of the Dean of the Faculty (the Hansford fund) and by support from the Kirkland Endowment, the Art History Department, and the Days-Massolo Center.
Event Description
Yi Cui, in person, presents To Alexandra (2024)
In her newest feature documentary, Yi Cui, who teaches film/filmmaking at Colgate University, intertwines two travelogues. The journey of researcher-writer Alexandra David-Néel across the Himalayas a century ago is evoked using David-Néel’s letters home. Yi Cui depicts her own experiences in eastern Tibet, using her camera to record and collaborate with the native Tibetan people she meets. Moving between image, sound and text—and between past and present—the film invites the viewers into a cine-meditative space, where they can contemplate life, death, an amazing landscape and the people who live there.
F.I.L.M. events are free and open to the public.
Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the Cinema and Media Studies major.
Events are curated and organized by Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, Scott MacDonald.
Contact
Contact Name
Scott Macdonald
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