12th UNAFF film screening event

FACES and CEAS is co-sponsoring a film screening event for the 12th United Nations Association Film Festival. The movie is titled “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”.

Description: On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed school buildings crumbled, wiping out classrooms filled with students, most of them their parents’ only child. But when grieving mothers and fathers sought explanations and justice, they found their path blocked by incompetence, corruption and empty promises. China’s Unnatural Disaster examines the reality of modern China for its people, presenting a rare glimpse at how the government reacts to civil unrest. The film visits parents of deceased children from several schools a few days after the disaster.

When: Wednesday Oct 21, 2009 (9pm)

Where: Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building, Stanford University

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