Penn Museum Culture Films

03/13/2023

Grateful and happy to see so many culture film fans today at the finale screening for our 13th season
We look so much forward to greeting you in person next October for season 14 called

03/11/2023

Culture Films

Tomorrow, set aside time to come to our season finale
Two lovely films about the folklife of food.
Morkovcha by Lidiya Khan
& Fugetsu-do by Kaia Rose
Both filmmakers will join us
See you tomorrow!
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Penn Museum shows culture films once per month on the Second Sunday of the month (October to March) at 2pm. The Culture Films Series is free with museum admission donation.

03/10/2023

Once again our season finale falls on the first daylight savings time Sunday!
Shasha says no matter, everyone has cell phones now...
But just in case! A friendly thought to come on time Sunday at 2
ALSO if you are reluctant to dine indoors because of covid, please note we will have a patio option for the tastings on Sunday. Cheers!

03/08/2023

This Simple Carrot Salad Tells the Story of a Diaspora

This Simple Carrot Salad Tells the Story of a Diaspora

The Koryo-saram's journey from Korea to Russia to Central Asia is reflected in every dish of morkovcha.

03/05/2023

Next Sunday! The party and finale screening, featuring Morkovcha and Fugetsu-Do.
Please come join, in person or online.
We will have both filmmakers, and the brilliant host Rob Buscher, who teaches in Asian American Studies at Upenn.
If you can make it to the theater, we will have tastings at the end.
See you Sunday!

PS Morkovcha is the orange one!

03/02/2023

The beautiful Fugetsu-do Japanese sweets shop in Japantown, Los Angeles is now 4 generations old, and has kept it's folkloric traditions from Japan alive one creation at a time.
Please join us to see Kaia Rose's lovely short film, and enjoy some mochi at the afterparty, * Sunday March 12 at 2pm * at the Penn Museum.
There will also be an online screening option
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02/26/2023

In Lidiya Kan's wonderful film Morkovcha, we follow a recipe back to it's place of origin, the homes of Korean people moved inland from the coast of Russia to Uzbekistan. Learn more about this corner of the Korean diaspora and enjoy some morkovcha salad at the after party, Sunday March 12 at 2pm, onsite and Penn Museum.
Online viewing will also be available
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02/24/2023

FUGETSU-DO trailer

FUGETSU-DO trailer

"We had to live the American Dream twice." Fugetsu-Do is more than a little candy store; since 1903 it has been an anchor for the Japanese-American community…

02/24/2023

(Documentary) Lidiya Kan - Morkovcha (Korean Carrot Salad) - Trailer

(Documentary) Lidiya Kan - Morkovcha (Korean Carrot Salad) - Trailer

Morkovcha, the Korean carrot salad, is an invention of the Russian-Korean diaspora and its essence is symbolic of its mixed identity. The name itself is the ...

02/24/2023

Morkovcha (2021) | James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies

https://korea.sas.upenn.edu/events/morkovcha-2021
We are so pleased to be working again with the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies. Thank you Kim Center for the boost!

Co-sponsored Event Sunday, March 12, 2023 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm Rob Buscher, in conversation with the filmmakers Penn Asian American Studies Penn Museum Live Online and Onsite at the Penn Museum The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, v...

02/22/2023

Our finale show for the season will be back in the beautiful Harrison Auditorium at the Penn Museum. Please join and stay for the cuisine tastings afterward....details at penn.museum/culturefilms

02/10/2023

If you are planning your weekend please enjoy our Sunday films, *Wall Stories* by Shashwati Talukdar (see photo) and *The Calligrapher of Old Delhi* by Ambarien Alqadar
Filmmakers will both appear from far and very far and the wonderful Harjant Gill will join to discuss
ONLINE not onsite this month, free or pay what you wish....
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02/05/2023

Next Sunday! Forget the formalities and join us in your pajamas (from home) for our fun double feature of Indian films
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02/03/2023

Shashwati's trailer!

02/02/2023

One of the happiest films of our entire series comes up on Feb 12;
Shashwati Talukdar's film Wall Stories.
Please visit us to enjoy it
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(only online for this event)

01/30/2023

In addition to our screening at 2pm on 2/12 online, grad students of CAMRA have joined together to invite Dr. Gill to lead a roundtable discussion about the futures of cultural filmmaking
Anyone is free to join this program, especially exciting for filmmakers an anyone interested in a professional view.
https://upenn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdu-grz0oG9GKk7tVOF8bcHNJoYB72l2O
Special thanks to Indivar Jonnalagadda and Rabani Garg for their work on this event

01/27/2023

It is our luck to have the premiere screening of Ambarien Alqadar's film THE CALLIGRAPHER OF OLD DELHI one of the two short films from India for our folklife of India program, showing the magic and poetry of one of the last calligraphers working in the old city.
Join online only this month!
please get a spot at penn.museum/culturefilms

01/23/2023

Hey everyone! The next screening of SSCF is a shorts double feature, two films from India
Shashwati Talukdar's *Wall Stories* together with Ambarien Alqadar's *Calligrapher of Old Delhi*

We are also honored with the presence of Harjant Gill, the great filmmaker and visual anthropology specialist as our host.
Please join us ONLINE for this special program of Indian folklife.

Sunday February 12 at 2pm. Please get a spot at penn,museum/culturefilms

01/08/2023

Looking forward to a lively crowd at 2pm online-
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please join early so you will not be blocked out

01/07/2023

*At the Edge of the Bazaar* is tomorrow at 2pm
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01/05/2023

Do you have tickets yet for Sunday? Free or pay what you wish- please join us ONLINE we will not be in the theater this month- and we suggest you log on 15 minutes early or circa 1:45 this Sunday...

We hope you get a chance to see this lovely film, further enriched by the conversation of scholars very connected with Uyghur people today.
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01/01/2023

Save the date! Next Sunday at 2pm, online only this month. Our screening of *At the Edge of the Bazaar*. This film has freshly translated subtitles, created for this screening under funding by the Xinjiang Documentation Project
We are so pleased to have two Uyghur experts with us, Darren Byler of UBC and David Dettmann of Penn CEAS.
Looking forward to welcoming you in this new year.

12/28/2022

Our January film, AT THE EDGE OF THE BAZAAR takes place in the Uyghur lands within China. Two craftsmen continue the tradition of many generations while the country changes around them. Please join host David Dettmann (Penn CEAS) and Darren Byler of British Columbia ONLINE for the screening
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12/21/2022

We wish you a beautiful solstice, with time and space to connect with all your natural relatives.

12/16/2022

12/10/2022

The Samuel Fosso show up in Princeton is just great

12/06/2022

REMATRIATION - Official Trailer

The plan for next year's film series is LAND BACK under the Wolf Humanities theme of Revolution
Every where we are seeing the call to return land management to First Nations people. We would love to show this film Rematriation next year, but if you have a chance to see it before then, great.

11/25/2022

Sharing this lovely short film on this day of giving and thanks.

11/17/2022

Feeling gratitude for the contributions of Naw Doh this past Sunday, we thank her for coming. Here is an exhibit opening this weekend at the Bok, photographs by her group South by Southeast-

11/15/2022

We highly recommend Deaf culture programming Wolf Humanities Center at Penn by Jami Fisher.
You cannot go wrong! Dive into it

The physical, cultural, and linguistic human difference of being Deaf in the United States offers a distinct opportunity to see common histories and diverse perspectives on living.

Historian Brian Greenwald from Gallaudet University's Drs John S & Betty J Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center joins us on Wednesday, November 16 at 5:30pm for a presentation exploring Deaf Humanities and Documenting the Lived Experiences of Deaf People.

Program presented in ASL with voice interpretation. In-person at Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th Street and online. Details and registration: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/deaf-Wolf Humanities Center at Penn

In collaboration with Penn's ASL Program, UPenn Linguistics. A program of the Wolf Humanities Center's 2022–2023 Forum on Heritage.

11/13/2022

Today is the day! You can still make it to the live screening at 2pm. Pay what you wish, and stay for the conversation about *Mu and the Vanishing World.*

11/12/2022

Tomorrow at 2pm we fire up the projector for our next screening, *Mu and the Vanishing World.* If viewing online please log in 10 minutes ahead to avoid being accidentally locked out

11/12/2022

It looks like Sunday will be back to cool November weather- maybe a great day to slip of your shoes and watch a truly inspired film!

11/06/2022

Next Sunday, the screening goes live, for *Mu and the Vanishing World*. As immigration takes a center stage in America, take a moment to consider the amazing variety of places people come from, and what richness they bring.
See penn.museum/culturefilms to register for online, or just come to the entrance next Sunday to pay what you wish.

10/31/2022

The Fourth World | Full Film | The Sauce

THE SAUCE is from Caam. it's mission is to encourage filmmaking among Asian youth in the southern states.
We enjoyed watching this short piece about a young Hmong fellow from a small town in North Carolina.

After his family escaped the mountains of Southeast Asia to the town of Hickory, North Carolina, a young musician travels between his own two mountains: the ...

10/30/2022

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and questions after the November 13 screening of Mu and the Vanishing World. We are fortunate to have the participation of community activist Naw Doh, and filmmaker Mirangela Mihai, who has worked extensively in this part of SE Asia.

10/24/2022

Save the date for Sunday November 13 @ 2pm for the film *Mu and the Vanishing World*. There are two large forks in the road of this film- one is about what it feels like to be an exotic person on display for tourists, the other is, what a person from traditional SE Asia comes to learn about living here in the 'States. A fascinating and heartfelt film. Please join!

10/17/2022

When Mu Hpare decides to leave her refugee camp in Thailand, now a tourist village built for viewing of "exotics", she makes a giant leap to Kentucky where things are equally exotic to newcomers. Come see this film about an extraordinary strong woman who seems born to lead.
see penn.museum/culturefilms November 13 2pm
In person or online...

10/15/2022

Join us on Friday, October 14th at 5pm for the inauguration of a life size ofrenda at Love Park, which the Philadelphia Folklore Project has organized in partnership with the Mexican Cultural Center, Love Park, and more. Lead artist Ivonne Pinto García presents an immersive ofrenda experience that highlights the indigenous culture of one of the oldest, continually inhabited cities in all of Mexico, Cholula—established sometime between 800 and 200 BC and located in the center west of the state of Puebla. A native of Puebla, Mexico, García will incorporate designs, mythology, and symbols from the rich traditions of her Cholulteca background. This ofrenda will then broaden our understanding of the diversity present in indigenous Mexican culture.

The inauguration event will include performances by Los Guachinangos, a Jarocho folk music ensemble, and pre-Hispanic dances by Calpuli Kamastle Xiuchoatl.

10/10/2022

This Indigenous Peoples Day, stopping to take a breath to acknowledge the many contributions of the First Nations, seen and unseen by others