• Virtual International Film Club: Cold Sweat

    November 18, 2021 /

    Next movie for our Virtual International Film Club will be Iranian film “Cold Sweat”.   We will have a special guest, a post-doctoral fellow, Sheida Dayani from the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies who selected the movie for us and will be moderating our discussion. Big THNAK YOU to Becky Parnian who helped organize this special session! We hope you will enjoy watching it and will join us for a discussion! Film title: Cold Sweat   Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYTNf6Ivyek Available at Kanopy: https://princeton.kanopy.com/video/cold-sweat  (PUID required)   Synopsis: Afrooz is the captain of the Iranian National Futsal Team, a women’s indoor soccer team. A long-held dream…

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  • Virtual International Film Club: The Women’s Balcony

    October 26, 2021 /

    The Women’s Balcony 1h 40 min | Drama/Comedy | 2016 (Israel, Hebrew) Link to online access: Princeton Kanopy link Trailer:  trailer Synopsis: An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a rift between the men and women in a devout community in Jerusalem in this rousing, good-hearted comedy. Awash with Jerusalem’s distinctive glow, THE WOMEN’S BALCONY is a warm, poignant portrait of a modern

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  • IEGAP meeting

    September 29, 2021 /

    Our first meeting in the fall will take place this Friday, September 17 noon to 1pm, at Lewis Thomas Laboratory (LTL), Room #118. We will spend some time catching up and then discuss the plans for the incoming year. For members attending in person we will offer lunch.

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  • Cook Along with Carla

    April 19, 2021 /

    Are you tired of sitting in meetings all day long? We have the solution! Get up out of your office chair and join the WERG (Women’s Employee Resource Group), BLAC (Black Leadership Alliance Committee at PPPL) and IEGAP (International Employee Group at Princeton) for Cook Along with Carla on April 23, 2021 at 4:00 pm.   Carla Benincasa is an employee in the Gift and Endowment Accounting Office of Finance and Treasury. She has been producing cooking demos throughout the pandemic for the Finance and Treasury Watercooler Forum. On April 23 she will be teaching us how to make Focaccia Bread and Ricotta Gnocchi, tell us about her Italian heritage, …

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  • Virtual International Film Club: About Elly

    April 19, 2021 /

    We will be discussing the following film: About Elly Synopsis: With the return of their friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of old college pals (two married couples and a brother and sister, along with three young kids) decide to reunite for a weekend outing by the Caspian Sea. The fun starts right away as they quickly catch on to the plan of lively Sepideh, who has brought along Elly, her daughter’s kindergarten teacher, in hopes of setting her up with recently divorced Ahmad. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival and winner of the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Tribeca Film…

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  • Virtual International Film Club: Gather

    March 18, 2021 /

    We will be discussing the following film: Film title: Gather (2020, USA) Synopsis: GATHER follows the stories of natives on the frontlines of a growing movement to reconnect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide. An indigenous chef embarks on a ambitious project to reclaim ancient food ways on the Apache reservation; in South Dakota a gifted Lakota high school student, raised on a buffalo ranch, is proving her tribes native wisdom through her passion for science; and a group of young men of the Yurok tribe in Northern California are struggling to keep their culture alive and rehabilitate the habitat of their sacred salmon. All these stories combine…

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