Latest Past Events
International Film Club – a screening in person at the Princeton French Film Festival
McCosh HallIEGAP Film Club committee is teaming up with the Princeton French Film Festival to bring you a movie that will capture your heart and move your soul! The movie will be screened in the original languages (with English subtitles) at McCosh Hall and then followed by a reception at the School of Architecture. Please RSVP here. The Braid (2023) English, Hindi, Italian, 121 mins (trailer) (IMDB). About the movie: Adapted from her own powerful international best-selling novel read by more than 5 million people, Laetitia Colombani‘s feature is a soul-stirring tale of the intertwined fates of three courageous women, spanning cultures, backgrounds, and borders. Three women, three continents, three destinies… They’ve never met but are bound by a thread that is intimate and quite unique Friday, April 12th: Movie screening: 7:30-9:30pm; McCosh Hall 10 (directions) Reception, 9:30 pm; East Gallery of the School of Architecture, first floor; (map). A book discussion on Laetitia Colombani’s adapted bestseller “The Braid” will take place on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM at the Princeton Public Library.
Virtual International Film Club – The Third Wife
IEGAP International Film Club will discuss a Vietnamese drama “The Third Wife”. We invite you to watch the movie on Kanopy anytime and then join us for a virtual discussion on Friday, March 8th, at noon. For those who will be joining us for a first time, the International Film Club is a series of virtual monthly meetings to discuss films recommended and selected by IEGAP members the film club committee. The films are available and free to all PU employees in Kanopy streaming services. Contact Bernadeta (bwysocka@princeton.edu) if you would like to recommend a movie. Watch on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/en/princeton/video/5830611?frontend=kui (PUID required) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RasU0WycRQc Join Zoom discussion: Friday, March 8, at noon The Third Wife (2018): In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May’s hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between. Winner of the NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
International Professional Writing Group
New South 152-166 University Place, princetonWe will provide a prompt for writing and discussion, lunch, and good company! Kindly email pwrites@princeton.edu to RSVP for lunch.