Mark Leong, photographer and author of China Obscura
| DATE: | Thursday, September 8, 2005 |
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| TIME: | Exhibit Opening and Panel discussion: 4:00 PM Reception: 6:00 PM |
| PLACE: | IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor |
| FORMAT: | Panel discussion |
| SPONSORS: | Institute of East Asian Studies |
In conjunction with:
"Mark Leong: China Obscura – A Photo Exhibit"
On display: September 8 – October 11, 2005 and November 1 – December 9, 2005
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
IEAS Lobby, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor
Mark Leong will present photographs from China Obscura, discussing his experience in China and the background behind the pictures. Mark's presentation will be followed by the screening of four short films reported and produced by the Digital TV and the World project at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Filmed in Shanghai in May 2005, the vignettes focus on migrant workers, bar girls, China's elderly, and the eviction of residents from one of the city's old neighborhoods.
Introduction by Kevin O'Brien. Program followed by book signing and reception.
The Digital TV and the World project at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism presents "Report from Shanghai," four vignettes reported and produced by Joe Mullin, Jonathan Kaminsky, Nagomi Onda and Kim Perry. Instructors: Todd Carrel and Christopher Beaver. Technical Advisor: Milt Wallace.
EVICTED by Joe Mullin
As planners remake Shanghai with skyscrapers and housing blocks, they are also destroying old neighborhoods and demanding that residents move out. This is the story of one man who fought to stay.
MIGRANT WORKERS by Jonathan Kaminsky
With the new mobility in China, millions of peasants from the countryside have headed to the cities to find work and build better lives. Some of these migrant workers are farmers who have learned to construct highrises.
BAR GIRL by Nagomi Onda
Many women have come from the countryside, too. Some have taken jobs as nannies, cooks, sales clerks, even bar girls. This is the story one woman who found a job in bar that caters to Japanese businessmen.
RETIRED by Kim Perry
The profile of China's elderly is beginning to change, with more people living apart from their children. For those who can afford them, retirement homes have become a new option for China's aging generation.
"Report from Shanghai" was funded by institutional and individual gifts from UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, the Institute of East Asian Studies, the Center for Chinese Studies, the Department of East Asian Languages and Culture, International and Area Studies, and the Program on Mass Communication. ORIAS contributed to outreach and distribution. The Digital TV and the World project is supported by gifts from the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the Broadcast and Professional Systems Division of Sony Electronics, Inc. and Apple.
Special thanks to Dean Orville Schell, Rob Gunnison, and Carolyn Wakeman of the Graduate School of Journalism; Tom Kennedy of washingtonpost.com; and the journalism faculty and students at Shanghai International Studies University.
Washingtonpost.com has published stories from the Digital TV and the World project. A companion series of print reports has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
