Films, Music, Art Exhibits: This week at Meta
Dear Film Friends!
Tonight (Tuesday, 30th, 7PM) we like to invite you to the screening of
"LOLA" by the late German star director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. His brilliant social satire (Gefeatures Oscar-winner Armin Mueller-Stahl and Barbara Sukowa. It plays out as a remake of Sternberg's "Blue Angel" or an update of Jean Renoir's "Rules of the Game"… (German, English subtitles)
This is the program for the coming days:
WED, 01/12, 7PM: "CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EM" & "TERROR'S ADVOCATE" (Films)
THU, 02/12, 7PM: "VIRGINITY TRADE" & "GIRLS OF PHNOM PENH" (Films)
FRI, 03/12, 6PM: "TRAVELING MEDICINE SHOW" (Concert & Exhibition)
SAT, 04/12, 7PM: CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT & DOC FILM ABOUT "THE DOORS"
SUN, 05/12, 5PM: GLOBAL ART CHILDREN EXHIBITION & X-MAS OPERA 4 KIDS
More infos below.
All the best, your Meta House Team
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WED, 01/12
HISTORY OF TERROR: "CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EM" & "TERROR'S ADVOCATE"
7PM: Double Bill with two award-winning documentaries. US filmmaker Steven Okazaki has been nominated for four Academy Awards. His film "The Conscience of Nhem En" (2008, 26mins), which was nominated for an Oscar in 2009, focuses on Toul Sleng prison photographer Nhem En and the few survivors. Barbet Schroeder's stunning documentary TERROR'S ADVOCATE (2007, 135min) is a history of world terrorist movement as told through the story of the enigmatic lawyer Jacques Vergés, who is defending Khieu Samphan at the ongoing KR trial in Phnom Penh. The famous French director takes us down history's darkest paths in his attempt to illuminate the mystery behind Vergés.
THU, 02/12
THE GENDERCIDE MUST STOP: CAMBODIA'S VIRGINITY TRADE
7PM: "CAMBODIA: THE VIRGINITY TRADE" (2009, 60mins) and "THE GIRLS OF PHNOM PENH" (2009, 52 mins) are new films by UK filmmaker Matthew Watson. They are the compelling and utterly alarming account of the lives of girls and women affected by the virginity trade that exists in Cambodia today. Many Asian men believe that obtaining a virgin girl for sex will grant them extra health and luck. Subsequently, there is a huge demand for young Khmer girls. Intimate and revealing interviews are held with the men who buy the virginity of young girls, politicians, aid workers, police, and the victims themselves. After the screening NGO reps are invited for Q&A.
FRI, 03/12
KINGDOM OF JAZZ: BLUESBERRY JAM'S "TRAVELING MEDICINE SHOW"
From 6PM: Medicine Shows were a popular form of entertainment all throughout America during the 1800's and the precursor to later traveling circuses, carnivals and vaudeville shows. "Patented" herbal potions were pedalled by unscrupulous salesmen, which gave rise to the infamous "Snake Oil Sellers" who flourished during this era. The purpose of our modern day "Medicine Show" is to bring attention to a fascinating period of Americana, and to promote upbeat songs from the tradition of Folk, Blues, Jazz, and other "Roots" music. Meta House and Kingdom Breweries present live music by "BluesBerry Jam". A collection of laminated vintage posters is on display in our "Art Café".
SAT, 04/12
MOZART & MORRISON: TWO MASTERS WHO DIED TOO EARLY
7PM: In the gallery Uy Thach, El Leang and Anton Isselhardt perform the "Vienna Serenade" by legendary Geman composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791). His music is considered as the archetype of Western Classical Music. The admission fee of 5USD includes a drink. 8PM: Free entrance on our rooftop for the screening WHEN YOU ARE STRANGE by award-winning writer-director Tom DiCillo. Narrated by Johnny Depp, the riveting documentary uncovers historic, previously unseen footage of cult rock band "The Doors". It focuses on lead singer Jim Morrison (1943-1971), from the formation of the band in 1965 to Morrison's death, after years of alcohol and drug use.
SUN, 05/12
GLOBAL ART CHILDREN EXHIBITION & GERMAN X-MAS OPERA 4 KIDS
5PM: To celebrate its 1st anniversary, Phnom Penh school GLOBAL ART is holding an exhibition of its students art work focusing on their understanding of our world problem – endangered species. Cambodian & foreign children learn about global warming, deforestation, illegal trade during the process and with their innocence and imagination, they create a colorful and honest interpretation of this serious problem. You are invited to the opening night at ART CAFÉ and are welcome to participate in selecting the "People's Choice" award for best art work. 7PM: Screening of "HAENSEL AND GRETEL": A "Fairy Tale Opera" for children by Engelbert Humperdinck (English subtitles).
Meta House Phnom Penh
#37, Sothearos Blvd.
Tel. 010 - 312 333
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE: Starts tonite @ Meta, 7PM!
Dear Film Friends!
Tonite (TUE, 23/11, 7PM) and on the two following days
(WED, 24th - THURS, 25th, 7PM) we will re-screen
THET SAMBATH'S "ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE".
Winner of this year's "Sundance Festival", this remarkable documentary (2009, 93 mins) is a personal journey into the heart of darkness by journalist/filmmaker Thet Sambath, whose family was wiped out in the Killing Fields.
Nuon Chea aka Brother Number Two breaks a 30-year silence to give testimony never before heard or seen. This is investigative journalism of the highest order. Thet Sambath awill attend the screenings (Q&A).
Tickets sell for 5 USD. One drink is included. Khmer students receive a 50% discount when presenting their student ID.
We hope to welcome you for this important film,
best, Nico Mesterharm
Meta House Phnom Penh
German Cambodian Cultural Center
#37, Sothearos Blvd.
Tel. 010 - 312 333
Artist Talk | John Vink | Sat, 06 Nov, 7pm | Meta House
Dear friends and photojournalism fans!
Sa Sa Art Projects and Meta House are pleased to invite you to a photo presentation and talk by Magnum photographer John Vink.
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Who: John Vink, Phnom Penh-based Magnum Photographer
What: Photo presentation and talk about his work on refugees in the world, Cambodia in 1989 and 1991, and evictions in Cambodia since 2000
When: Saturday, 06 November 2010 at 7pm
Where: Meta House Phnom Penh, #37, Sothearos Blvd., Tel: 010 312 333
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As a photojournalist I like being somewhere else but I hate travelling. I mean the process of travelling... So how do you solve that contradiction? You pick a country you came across when you were still hopping from one plane to another and you settle down there. There are several advantages: chances are you'll be less superficial in your reporting, you avoid spending hours in airports and crappy hotels, you spend less money on travel expenses, you get to see your children grow, and your carbon footprint is trimmed down by at least 3/4...
So which country? There are many reasons, but there is no reasonable explanation. In my case it was Cambodia in 1989, 1991, 1999 and I stayed in 2000. It could have been Vietnam or Berlin... But here we are, 20 years later...' – John Vink
This presentation is part of the "sharing session series" on photography initiated by Sa Sa Art Projects.
Many thanks,
Lyno Vuth
Sa Sa Art Gallery and Art Projects
Exhibition of the Royal Ballet by Anders Jiras
On the occasion of the 7th anniversary of the proclamation of the
Royal Ballet of Cambodia as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Exhibition of photography of the Royal Ballet by Anders Jiras
Opening: Thursday, 4 November 2010,
5.30 PM Speeches,
6.00 PM Exhibition opening,
6.30 PM Cambodian Living Arts dance performance by the Children of Bassac,
7.30 PM refreshments.
Exhiition Period: 5 November 2010 - 31 January 2011
Venue: National Museum of Cambodia, Street 13, Phnom Penh
Dress code: Smart Casual
RSVP:
anders.jiras@gmail.com All the best
Anders Jiras
092 520 750
www.jiras.se
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HSHH Meeting: November 11th - Eve Zucker "Coming Home: the odyssey of upland Khmer Villagers in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge"
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Subject: Next HSHH Meeting: November 11th - Eve Zucker "Coming Home: the odyssey of upland Khmer Villagers in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge"
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Dear HSHH friends,
Hope you will all fight the cold wind to join at our next Human Sciences Happy Hours meeting !
Thursday November 11 – 6pm – Baitong Restaurant
(7 st 360, near Beung Keng Kang market)
Contact:
Emiko Stock & Pascale Hancart-Petitet
012 521 093 – 092 399 273
hshhpp@gmail.com
Eve Zucker will talk about:
Coming Home: the odyssey of upland Khmer Villagers
in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge
Between 1999 and 2002 the residents of the village "O'Thmaa" began returning to the land that was their home thirty years beforehand. The impacts of the Khmer Rouge regime, two civil wars and repeated forced evacuations made the return 'home' (in all its meanings) ambiguous and extraordinarily challenging. Many of the moral pillars of society were compromised or had vanished altogether, deep scars from the Khmer Rouge revolution and genocide remained fresh, and extreme poverty added additional hardships. Despite these obstacles, however, changes started occurring within the village during my time there that could be seen as small steps toward returning to a sense of normalcy, security and belonging.
Based on participant-observation fieldwork from 2002-2003 and again in 2010, this paper examines some of the means by which moral mending has, and is, taking place. In the early part of the decade through the mediums of kinship, trust, commensality, sharing stories, and village rituals villagers found ways of softening the past and building a sense of community once again. This process occurred within the milieu of new forms of modernity and the impacts of international development agencies. Now, seven years later, significant changes have occurred including the advent of ECCC Khmer Rouge Tribunal and a rise in ecotourism to the area. What are the impacts of the processes on social healing and village identity? How might the tribunal in particular augment a sense of security and belonging? Using ethnographic evidence this paper explores these changes through the themes of moral order, memory, and social change.
Eve Zucker is currently a Visiting Scholar at UC San Diego's Department of Anthropology and a CAORC Senior Fellow at the Center for Khmer Studies in Cambodia where she is conducting research on the topics of morality, memory and social change. Dr. Zucker holds a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom and an MA in cultural anthropology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In the past she had worked as a research intern for the Cambodia Genocide Program at YaleUniversity and she has also participated in various Cambodian higher education projects while in Cambodia. Since 1994 she lived and worked in Cambodia on four occasions for a total of 43 months, 13 of which were spent living in an upland Khmer village in southwestern Cambodia where she conducted her doctoral research concerning memory and the remaking of moral order in the aftermath of violence.
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Human Sciences Happy Hours in Phnom Penh
email: hshhpp@gmail.com
web: http://hshhpp.pbworks.com/
Coordinating team:
Emiko Stock, Pascale Hancart Petitet, Gabriel Fauveaud
