Bead&Bond – crafting event
Louis A. Simpson International BuildingDear IEGAPers, We are happy to invite you to our first Craft and Chat Committee event in this academic year: Bead and Bond We will be making Pandora-like Bracelets using glass beads and metal bracelets. You may be able to make up to two bracelets. You can keep the bracelets for yourself or give them as a gift! Cookies and coffee from Olives will be served.
Holiday Potluck Luncheon
Carl A. Fields Center 58 Prospect Ave, Princeton, NJ, United StatesThis year we are organizing our holiday potluck luncheon with our friends from AS@P. The format is as usual: bring any dish or beverage you would like to share with your friends (and don’t worry if you don’t have time for cooking, it can be anything you like) Holiday Potluck Luncheon Friday, Dec. 16, noon - 1:30pm Carl Fields Center
Virtual International Film Club: In the mood for love
Zoom info Film title: In the Mood for Love Trailer: https://www.kanopy.com/en/princeton/video/219420 Watch at Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/en/princeton/video/219420 (PUID required) Synopsis: Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite, until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar-wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past decade of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career. About the director: Wong Kar-wai is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films are characterized by nonlinear narratives, atmospheric music, and vivid cinematography involving bold, saturated colors. A pivotal figure of Hong Kong cinema, Wong is considered a contemporary auteur, and ranks third on Sight & Sound's 2002 poll of the greatest filmmakers of the previous 25 years. His films frequently appear on best-of lists domestically and internationally. Born in Shanghai, Wong emigrated to British Hong Kong as a child with his family. He began a career as a screenwriter for soap operas before transitioning to directing with his debut, the crime drama As Tears Go By (1988). While As Tears Go By was fairly successful in Hong Kong, Wong moved away from the contemporary trend of crime and action movies to embark on more personal filmmaking styles. Days of Being Wild (1990), his first venture in such a direction, did not perform well at the box office. It however received critical acclaim, and won Best Film and Best Director at the 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards. His next film, Ashes of Time (1994), met with a mixed reception because of its vague plot and atypical take on the wuxia genre. Read more…
Lunch and Language: Philippines
Louis A. Simpson International BuildingPlease mark your calendars for our next event, Lunch and Language, with a focus on the Philippines. Our speakers will present in Filipino language with an opportunity at the end to ask questions (in English😊) and there will be wonderful food from a local Filipino restaurant. Hope to see many of you there.
Virtual International Film Club: City of God
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Phellipe Haagensen) is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood. José "Zé" Pequeno (Douglas Silva) is an ambitious drug dealer who uses Rocket and his photos as a way to increase his fame as a turf war erupts with his rival, "Knockout Ned" (Leandro Firmino da Hora). The film was shot on location in Rio's poorest neighborhoods. City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) was released in Brazil in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. Bráulio Mantovani adapted the story from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s, with the film's closure depicting the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and vigilante-turned-criminal Knockout Ned. The tagline is "If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you." The film received critical acclaim and garnered four nominations at the 76th Academy Awards; Best Cinematography (César Charlone), Best Director (Meirelles), Best Film Editing (Daniel Rezende), and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (Mantovani). In 2003, it was Brazil's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not end up being nominated as one of the five finalists. It is frequently listed by many critics and audiences as one of the greatest films of the 21st century and one of the best films of all time.
Virtual International Film Club: The Assistant
Dear IEGAP friends, For our next International Film Club we selected “The Assistant”, USA drama directed by an Australian film director Kitty Green. We hope you will enjoy watching it and will join us for a Zoom discussion on Friday, March 10, 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 selected by the Film Club committee. Zoom, Friday, March 10, at noon Film title: The Assistant Click here to watch it on Kanopy Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9761kQCNWc "THE ASSISTANT" follows one day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is much like any other assistant's - making coffee, changing the paper in the copy machine, ordering lunch, arranging travel, taking phone messages, onboarding a new hire. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she, and we, grow increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her work day, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand, only to discover the true depth of the system into which she has entered. Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Telluride Film Festival.
International Coffee Break
New South 152-166 University Place, princeton, NJWe will provide a prompt for writing and discussion, treats, and good company! Come see our new space in the basement level of New South Building and reconnect with friends. Please contact us with any questions at pwrites@princeton.edu. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Spring Members Meeting
Julis Romo Rabinowitz
Soles 4 Souls Shoe Drive
The shoe drive this year: Runs from: April 1 – April 23, 2023 Collection boxes will be distributed on Thursday, March 30 and Friday, March 31. The goal is: 2,000 pairs of shoes! Information regarding collections boxes to be posted soon. Learn more at: https://soles4souls.org/ Organized by Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Disability Alliance at Princeton (DAP). And co-sponsored by: Acts of Kindness (AOK) the International Employee Group at Princeton (IEGAP) Latino Princetonians (LP) Office of Sustainability the PPPL Young Professionals Network the Princetonians of Color Network