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DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Theatre\, Film\, and Digital Production 
 for a double-feature documentary screening of Ten Times Better and About F
 ace\, followed by an illuminating Q&A with award-winning director Jennifer
  Lin.\n\nThroughout U.S. history\, Asian American dancers have navigated a
  landscape of rigid stereotypes and limited opportunities. These films hig
 hlight the resilience\, activism\, and sheer talent of those who refused t
 o be sidelined\, claiming their rightful place on the nation’s most pres
 tigious stages. Whether you are a film student\, a dance enthusiast\, or a
 n Asian American Studies scholar\, this event offers audiences a compellin
 g exploration of art and identity.\n\n \n\nWhen: Wednesday\, April 22Time:
  12-2:50pmWhere: INTS 1128Admission: Free and open to the public. \n\nBIO:
 \n\nJENNIFER LIN\, director/producer\, created the documentary BEETHOVEN I
 N BEIJING about the Philadelphia Orchestra’s China legacy\, which premie
 red nationally on PBS’s Great Performances. Lin spent more than 30 years
  as a reporter for The Philadelphia  Inquirer\, including postings as a co
 rrespondent in Beijing\, New York City\, and Washington\, D.C. As an autho
 r\, Lin has written a family memoir\, Shanghai Faithful\, and an oral hist
 ory of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 tour of China. ABOUT F
 ACE is the second collaboration with producers Jon Funabiki and Cory Lin S
 tieg. The trio also made the award-winning TEN TIMES BETTER\, streaming on
  PBS’s American Masters Shorts.\n\n \n\n \n\nABOUT THE FILMS:\n\n \n\nTE
 N TIMES BETTER\n\nTen Times Better\, a short documentary that premiered at
  the Dance on Camera Festival 2024 at Film at Lincoln Center\, tells the a
 stonishing and heartwarming story of George Lee\, a trailblazing dancer wh
 o originated a featured role in George Balanchine’s "The Nutcracker" 70 
 years ago as a teenage refugee from China. The film was directed by Jennif
 er Lin\, a former reporter who tracked down the then-89-year-old Lee in La
 s Vegas\, where he had worked for 40 years as a blackjack dealer at the Fo
 ur Queens casino.\n \n\n \n\nABOUT FACE\n\nTwo Asian American dancers chal
 lenge the elite world of ballet to jettison offensive racial tropes and As
 ian stereotypes\, including dancing in yellowface makeup. Acclaimed baller
 ina Georgina Pazcoguin and groundbreaking choreographer Phil Chan drive a 
 global grassroots movement\, battling entrenched tradition and political p
 ushback as they force critical examinations of beloved classics like The N
 utcracker and La Bayadère. This vivid account of creative evolution revea
 ls the tension and risks they endure to push an art form—created centuri
 es ago for kings and queens—to be more relevant to today’s diverse aud
 iences.  \n \n\n \n\nSPONSORS\n\nGenerously co-sponsored by the CHASS Dean
 's Office\, the Center for Ideas and Society\, the Department of Ethnic St
 udies\, and the Department of Dance.\n \n\n \n\nPARKING\nInformation about
  visitor parking can be found at: https://performingarts.ucr.edu/parking/
LOCATION:CHASS Interdisciplinary South\, 1128
SUMMARY:Ten Times Better and About Face screening plus Q&A with Jennifer Li
 n
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CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Film & Screenings
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