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Mother River Reel.mp4
💙Love your Mother River💙
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Enjoy this supercut of “Mother River,” a series of one-minute videos, each presenting a meditative journey dedicated to a river. Featuring rivers that hold cultural and spiritual significance around the world, creator Bahar Behbahani maps a transnational story of changing ecologies, exploitation, and displacement.
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How might we sit with the past, present, and future of these rivers and their intertwined ecosystems? What might we understand about the health of the human body and of collective society by paying attention to bodies of water under threat? How might we tend to the complexities of these rivers—their memories, gifts, and wounds?
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Watch the complete “Mother River” videos at AsiaSociety.Org/MotherRiver
8-Indus_River_teaser.mp4
INDUS RIVER
We forget about the spaciousness
above the clouds
but it's up there. The sun's up there too.
—from Over the Weather, Naomi Shihab Nye
Thank you for joining us. Watch all the videos from “Mother River” at AsiaSociety.org/MotherRiver
7-Rancheria_River_teaser.mp4
MOTHER RIVER: RANCHERÍA RIVER
the sea in the night, that part which
the lights outside the Dome make clear,
is warm
warmer than the air, and the water
becomes something other than water.
—from Chronicles, Dionne Brand
Watch all the videos: AsiaSociety.org/MotherRiver
6-Odra_River_teaser.mp4
ODRA RIVER
I have heard trees talking, long after the sun has gone down:
Imagine what would it be like to dance close together
In this land of water and knowledge. . .
—from Speaking Tree, Joy Harjo
“Mother River:” AsiaSociety.org/MotherRiver
5-Mahakam_River_teaser.mp4
MAHAKAM RIVER
Awake in a giant night
is where I am
There is a river where my soul,
hungry as a horse drinks beside me
—from Giant Night, Anne Waldman
Watch all the “Mother River” videos: AsiaSociety.org/MotherRiver
4-Yellow_River_teaser.mp4
If you wake up too early listen for it.
—from Town of the Dragon Vein, Plainwater, Anne Carson
MOTHER RIVER: YELLOW RIVER
A creative video series by Bahar Behbahani
Watch all the videos: AsiaSociety.org/MotherRiver
3-Ohio_River_teaser.mp4
By and by all trace is gone, and what is forgotten is not only the footprints but the water too and what is down there. The rest is weather...Just weather.
—from “Beloved,” Toni Morrison
How might we tend the complexities of these rivers—their memories, gifts, and wounds?
MOTHER RIVER: OHIO RIVER
Watch the full piece: AsiaSociety.org/MotherRiver
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2-Ohangaron_River_teaser.mp4
MOTHER RIVER: OHANGARON RIVER
I perceive in passing
a crack in the
texture of the day
there are fewer and fewer
sailors, the sea waits
for the end of the living
—from “Time,” Etel Adnan
What might we understand about the health of the human body and of collective society by paying attention to bodies of water under threat?
Watch the full video: AsiaSociety.org/MotherRiver
Asia Society at the Movies: A Conversation About 'Coup 53'
Join director Taghi Amirani and editor Walter Murch for a discussion on how a historical documentary about four days in August 1953 turned into a live investigation, taking the filmmakers into uncharted cinematic waters. The conversation will be moderated by Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University.
To learn more visit: https://asiasociety.org/museum/events/asia-society-movies-coup-53
220309_coal-ice-podcast_ep3_v3.mp4
"I think future generations are going to think we are the crappiest ancestors ever."
In episode 4 of the COAL + ICE podcast, Dr. Gretta Pecl shares what makes her angry about climate change, with Sakhile Koketso and guest host Taili Ni.
🎧 Listen now: https://bddy.me/3i29gSB
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Does Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Mean China Will Soon Take Action Against Taiwan?
Does Russia's invasion of Ukraine indicate that China will soon take action against Taiwan?
Kevin Rudd calls it "utter strategic nonsense."
Watch the full video: youtu.be/gSDz5x7XoB0