[163] Sunday Night China Cinema Returns to MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 22, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

SUNDAY NIGHT CHINESE CINEMA RETURNS TO MTSU
Movies Aim to Promote Greater Understanding of Chinese Culture

(MURFREESBORO) –The MTSU Sunday Night Chinese Film Festival, now in its 11th semester, will begin at 6 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 24, with a screening of “Aftershock” in Room 103 of the John Bragg Mass Communication Building.
The movie depicts a family torn apart by the 1976 Tangshan earthquake that killed at least 240,000 people. A mother’s agonizing decision in the aftermath of that horror shapes the fate of her family for the next 32 years. The film, which was released just this past July, is the highest-grossing movie ever made in China.
Future offerings in the film festival include “Mountain Patrol,” the true story of volunteer rangers fighting to save the endangered Tibetan antelope from a band of ruthless poachers (Nov. 7); “Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles,” the tale of a Japanese fisherman battling language barriers and government red tape to complete his dying son’s documentary (Nov. 14); and “Go Lala Go!,” a romantic comedy about a white-collar worker’s transition from an office rookie into a human resources manager (Nov. 21).
Each film will start promptly at 6 p.m. in Mass Comm 103. Following each movie, Lieu Jue, a master’s degree candidate in the College of Mass Communication, will lead a question-and-answer session.
The Chinese Film Festival is co-sponsored by the College of Mass Communication and the Confucius Institute, a nonprofit organization established to strengthen educational cooperation between China and other countries. MTSU’s Confucius Institute was established in partnership with Hangzhou Normal University of China.
The movies are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the institute at 615-494-8696 or Dr. Robert Spires, professor of electronic media communication, at 615-898-2217.


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