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Jazz, Magic Lantern, and Early Cinema in Colonial East Asia

Magic Lantern
Thursday, March 01, 2018
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Professor Laura Jo-Han Wen

What is cinema and where was cinema? How do we approach the modernity of cinema in a colonial context? This talk explores the circuitous, transnational connections of early cinema in colonial East Asia, from magic lantern shows to film screening tours, from African-American jazz to Taiwanese pop made for Chinese silent films, and eventually, from the politics of seeing to the reformation of cultural identities.A light lunch included.

Contact: Guo-Juin Hong