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| • PBI Events, Fall 2009 • | |
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| November 20 | |
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Trash for Cash: Making a Killing and Making a Living on Garbage |
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| December 8 | |
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Video Screenings by PBI Summer Tour Grant Winners |
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| More events and details. | |
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PBI Archive
New Titles - Spring 2009
CHINA
Champions-
China, 1936. Fung (Dicky Cheung) and Shue Po (Xie
Miao) are friends who share one dream: to participate in a martial arts
demonstration at the upcoming Berlin Olympic Games. There is government
support, but it's only half of what they need to attend the Games.
Determined, the athletes attempt to earn the rest through fund raising,
but there are numerous obstacles. Local triads conspire to hurt their
chances, and a rival martial arts school is intent on sending their
students to the Games instead. They challenge Fung's master, Cheung Chi
Kong (Yu Rong Guang), but the arranged tourney forces Fung and Shue Po
to face off against each other in a winner-takes-all elimination match.
Meanwhile, Fung's beloved, talented long distance runner Ngan Ling
(Patricia Wong) also desires to compete in the Games. But, in a tragic
twist, she discovers that she has a spinal condition - one that could
prove fatal if she continues to pursue her dream.
IRAQ
Bab'Aziz
The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is the
story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter,
Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of
dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as
their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren
landscape. To keep Ishtar entertained, Bab'Aziz relays the ancient tale
of a prince who relinquished his realm in order to remain next to a
small pool in the desert, staring into its depths while contemplating
his soul. As the tale of the prince unfolds, the two encounter other
travelers with stories of their own--including Osman, who longs for the
beautiful woman he met at the bottom of a well, and Zaid, who searches
for the ravishing young woman who fled from him after being seduced by
his songs. A fairytale-like story of longing and belonging, filmed in
the enchanting and ever-shifting sandscapes of Tunisia and Iran.
JAPAN
My Darling of the Mountains
A
love triangle waiting to happen, set in the mountain hot springs of Izu,
Japan, My Darling of the Mountains takes place during the late thirties and brings together
three characters, a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor,
surrogate father to his nephew, and a blind masseur.
Yasukuni -
Controversy
abounds as Japanese officials honor the deceased at the legendary
Yasukuni shrine, where swords used to kill Chinese soldiers were
famously forged. Few know about the shrine's eerie past and the
mysterious sword inside.
5 centimeters per second-
"Episode
1: Oukashou"
Upon graduating from elementary school, Takaki Tono and his close friend Akari Shinohara drifted apart. Akari moved to Tochigi Prefecture due to her parents' jobs, while Takaki attended a junior high in Tokyo. The two kept in contact by writing letters, but despite the special feelings that existed between them, the only thing that persisted was time. When Takaki became aware that his family would move to Kagoshima, he decided to go see Akari since they would be too far apart to visit each other after he moved. However, when the day came, a severe snowstorm delayed Takaki's trip, and it would be hours before he reached Iwafune, where they promised to meet.
"Episode 2: Cosmonaut"
Takaki is now in the third year of senior high in Tanegashima, where the Tanegashima Space Center is located. Kanae Sumita, a classmate of Takaki, has special feelings for Takaki, but she does not have the courage to express her love to him. She later observes that Takaki is always staring off into the distance, as if searching for something far far away.
"Episode 3: Byousoku 5 Centimeter"
It is now 2008, and all three characters have gone their separate ways. Takaki is now a computer programmer in Tokyo, and Akari is preparing to get married. One day, Takaki goes out and sees the face of a familiar-looking woman at a railroad-crossing. Puzzled by the encounter, he tries to look back, but a train comes and cuts off his view.
Japanese Anime Collection 1-4
Sanshiro Sugata
The
story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of
judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means
of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which
reveals the artist to himself.
Sayonara color
Shohei(TAKENAKA Naoto) works as a doctor in a
sea-side hospital. One day a new patient is admitted to the hospital
with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to recognize Michiko(HARADA
Toniovo}, his first love from high school. Shohei has been leading a
dissolute bachelor life, paying for the company of high school girls and
dating an older woman who works in a local bar, but in reality for the
last twenty years he has not forgotten Michiko. Unfortunately, though
Michiko doesn’t remember him at all.
Shohei becomes more and more and more persistent in his attempts to get her to recall their past. At first she is annoyed by his overtures, hut gradually warms to the doctor. Under Shohei’s kind and patient care Michiko’s condition jmproves and her cancer becomes operable. The operation is a success, but now Shohei himself learns that he has terminal cancer.
The Enemy Japan
TAIWAN
1895
"1895"
tells the story of the resistance against the Japanese invasion in 1895
(the biggest war in Taiwan's history). After the 1894 Sin-Japanese war,
the Qing government ceded Taiwan to Japan. After hearing the news, some
groups of Taiwan people organized their own resistance to establish the
Taiwan Republic. After the Japanese military on the northeast coast of
Taiwan most officials fled to China and Taipei was taken with minimal
effort. Three young Taiwan Hakka youths, Tang-hsing We, Hsiang Hsu,
Shao-tsu Chiang, organized a guerrilla front to fight the Japanese.
TIBET
Buddha's Song
