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About Us |
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The ChinaFilm Project
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Key Staff:
Dr. Hal Weaver Principle Curator Tel/Fax: 617-965-2421
Dr. Hal Weaver (weaverhal@yahoo.com), Principal Curator of The ChinaFilm Project and The BlackFilm Project, and Non-Resident Fellow, Du Bois Research Institute, Harvard University. Dr. Hal Weaver is a pioneer in teaching, research, and non-theatrical exhibition of international films (especially Chinese and African), offering the world’s first course on African cinema at Rutgers University in 1972. Weaver has taught, lectured, and published on Third-World films in various countries in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He has participated on juries of film festivals: Vues d'Afrique in Montreal, Canada; the first President of the Pan-African Jury for the Paul Robeson Prize at the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; and President of the international jury at the Festival of the Dhow Countries/Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania. He has organized national film retrospectives in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America. His current focus is using films to enhance cross-cultural understanding and respect for the U.S., China, Africa, and the African Diaspora through The ChinaFilm Project and The BlackFilm Project.
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The ChinaFilm Project is an independent, international, non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to using film and other visual media and moving images to foster mutual understanding, respect, and appreciation between the peoples of the U.S. and China. To carry out our mission, we are committed to developing programs at universities, film festivals, museums, libraries, and other non-theatrical venues in the U.S., China, and elsewhere in the world. We are especially interested in improving the quality of Asian Studies in the U.S. and American Studies in China. The recent collaborators and clients of The ChinaFilm Project and Dr. Hal Weaver include prestigious and influential institutions--universities, film festivals, and museums--in Greater China and the United States, as well as in other countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America. More...
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Min Chen Program Officer Tel/Fax: 617-965-2421 Min Chen, formerly an International Affairs Officer at the Beijing Film Academy, joined The ChinaFilm Project on 1 February 2006. Min was born and raised in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. She got her BA at Foreign Affairs College, a unit of the PRC Foreign Ministry, in English and International Studies specializing in Diplomacy. In December 2005 she received her double Master’s in Political Science and Communications/Journalism from the University of Oregon. Her special interests are media and public policy and the political economy of the Chinese film industry. |
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