Please join GaIDI WSRC’s Feb. 1st event: Screening of award-winning documentary “Nowhere To Call Home: The tale of a Tibetan migrant worker in Beijing”
GaIDI (Gender and International Development Initiatives) of Brandeis University’s WSRC (Women’s Studies Research Center) invites you to a screening of this powerful film (83 min)
Directed by international journalist and filmmaker Jocelyn Ford: The Director will introduce her latest documentary “Nowhere To Call Home: The tale of a Tibetan migrant worker in Beijing” and answer questions during discussion
Date: Thursday, February 1st
Place: Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, 515 South St., Waltham
Time: 12:30-2:30 pm
Sponsored by GaIDI (Gender and International Development Initiatives) of the Women’s Studies Research Center/Brandeis University, and co-sponsored by the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture & People-Centered Development at Boston University Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and by Unbound Visual Arts, Inc.
Shot in the slums of Beijing and a remote village in Tibet, the film offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the world of a Tibetan farmer, recently widowed, torn between her traditional way of life and her desire for her son to have a better future. It follows the protagonist, after she flees to the capital with her six-year-old son, the only surviving heir to a Tibetan clan, as she contends with racism Tibetans encounter. Along the way, the documentary challenges common Western stereotypes about Chinese and Tibetans, and reveals a dark side of life in a traditional village, where the saying goes, “women aren’t worth a penny.”
Translated into 11 languages, the verité-style documentary has garnered prestigious awards, including the NHK’s prestigious 2015 Japan Foundation President’s Award, a leading international award for educational documentaries, Italy’s Trento Solidarity Award, and a special mention at Belgium’s Millenium International Film Festival. It has also received acclaim from both Tibetans and Han Chinese in the People’s Republic of China. In the US, the “Nowhere to Call Home” premiere sold out at the Museum of Modern Art, followed by full-house screenings in San Francisco and Massachusetts.
Click on this link to view the trailer of “Nowhere to Call Home.”