Film Screening:

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

(Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010, 114 min, Thailand, in Thai and French w/ English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray) 

-- Introduced by Jason Woerner (Cultural Anthropology); discussion to follow!

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life...

-- Winner of Best Film in Asian Film Awards (2011)!

"As is to be expected, Weerasethakul frequently abandons the story for trancelike contemplations of nature, but never before in his work has the device felt more purposeful." -- Chicago Reader

Cost: Free and open to the public

Sponsors: The Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)