PARACHUTE KIDS and VULTURES OF TIBET screening at UC Irvine
Department: Film and Media Studies
Date and Time: May 13, 2014 | 11:00 AM-2:00 PMEvent Location: McCormick Screening Room, Humanities Gateway 1070
Event Details
The Department of Film and Media Studies would like to invite you to a screening of
PARACHUTE KIDS (15 min, 2011)
A Narrative Film by Allen Ho, ‘07
and
VULTURES OF TIBET (20 minutes, 2012)
A Documentary by Russell Bush, ‘07
The filmmakers will be introduced by Professor Fatimah Tobing Rony of the Film and Media Studies Department at UC Irvine.
Allen E. Ho is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. PARACHUTE KIDS is about Kelvin, a ‘Parachute Kid,’ who lives on his own in the United States as his parents work overseas to support his school and lifestyle, oblivious to his troubles and mischievous ways. As Christmas comes closer, Kevin tries to reunite his family, but falls back on old and dangerous habits from years of being alone.This film screened at South by Southwest 2011, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the San Diego Asian American Film Festival, The DC APA Film Festival, The UT Longhorn Showcase and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
Russell O. Bush is a rural Alaskan turned filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. VULTURES OF TIBET explores the recent commercialization of a sacred Tibetan funeral tradition known as Sky Burial. In Sky Burial, Tibetans ritually feed the bodies of their dead to wild Griffon Vultures as an offering to benefit other living beings.This film was nominated for a 2013 Student Academy Award and has screened throughout the United States and Europe at film festivals including AFI Docs (Silverdocs), The Edinburgh International Film Festival, and The Maryland Film Festival.
Both Allen and Russell are recent UC Irvine graduates (Film and Media Studies 2007), and received their MFA degrees in Film Production from the University of Texas at Austin.
For more information: http://alleneho.com/, www.vulturesoftibet.com, https://vimeo.com/59206354
This event is sponsored by the Film and Media Studies Department.