THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH
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DEATH OF A SHAMAN
6:30pm
Richard Hall| 2003| 56min. | video
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)

In this documentary, Fahm Saeyang tells the poignant story of her father, a proud man and highly regarded Mien shaman, whose spirit is broken by the harsh realities of immigrant life in the U.S. Following her father's death, Fahm traces her roots from California to her birthplace in Thailand, where, reuniting with her Mien relatives, she begins to grasp the complexity of her father's past and the nuances of a lost identity. A conversation with producer/writer Fahm follows the screening.

$5 students; $7 members; $10 nonmembers Cosponsored by Asia Society and ThaiLinks

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ROBOT STORIES
Directed by GREG PAK
USA| 2002| 93 min. | color
Cinema Village for show times
22 East 12th Street NYC, NY
AFI Silver, Sliver Spring, MD for show times
Laemmle Fairfax, Los Angeles, CA for show times

Winner of over 23 awards, "Robot Stories" is science fiction from the heart, four stories starring Tamlyn Tomita ("Joy Luck Club," "Babylon 5") and Sab Shimono ("The Big Hit," "Suture") in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies and android office workers. The stories include: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son by completing his toy robot collection; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality. John Petrakis of the Chicago Tribune calls the film "one of the most moving pieces I've seen all year" while Entertainment Insiders calls it "the kind of science fiction sophisticated audiences crave and deserve." www.robotstories.net