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The Center for Media, Culture and History
and
The Metropolitan Studies Program
at New York University
 
present a conference and screening:
 
"THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE:  THE DEBATE CONTINUES"
 
December 6   Screening  6:00 - 10:00
             Cantor Film Center
             36 East 8th Street
 
December 7   Conference  10:00 - 4:00
             The Great Hall, NYU Law School
             110 West Third Street
 
 
       THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE:  THE DEBATE CONTINUES
 
The Gate of Heavenly Peace, a 3-hour film by Richard Gordon and Carma
Hinton, about the Democracy Movement in China and events in Tiananmen
Square in Spring 1989, has sparked debate and controversy since its
premier at the New York Film Festival a year ago.
 
This conference addresses issues of media, censorship and interpretation
that are raised by this film.
 
Saturday  10:00 - 12:15  HISTORIOGRAPHY AND NARRATIVITY
     MODERATOR:      Daniel Walkowitz, History/Metropolitan Studies, NYU
     PARTICIPANTS:   Filmmakers Richard Gordon & Carma Hinton, Long Bow Group
                     Craig Calhoun, Sociology, NYU
                     Michael Frisch, History and American Studies,SUNY
 
           1:30 -  3:45  THE POLITCS OF MEDIA
     MODERATOR:      Barbara Abrash, Center for Media Culture and History, NYU
     PARTICIPANTS:   Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton, Long Bow Group
                     Todd Gitlin, Culture and Communication, NYU
                     Jack Tchen, Asian/Pacific/American Studies, NYU
 
Primary funding for this event has been provided by the New York Council for
the Humanities.
 
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information and reservations, please call (212) 998-3759.
 
 
Rick Prelinger
Prelinger Archives
430 West 14th Street, Room 403 / New York, NY 10014 USA
212 633-2020 / Fax: 212 255-5139
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