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A Special Screening of "Wet Sand"and Reception with the film's DirectorDai Sil Kim-Gibson Cost: free Thursday, April 14, 2005 Reception: 6:30 p.m. Screening: 7:30 p.m. The Multi-ethnic Community Center 9819 Bissonnet Suite F, Houston, TX 77036 (Between SW Frwy 59 & Beltway 8, Behind Pappas Restaurant) RSVP to ceciliavqp@yahoo.com or call 713.357.8875 OCA-Greater Houston and its Community Partners warmly invite you to join us at the Multi-ethnic Community Center, for a special reception & screening of "Wet Sand" with a post-screening talk on coexistence and community building with the film director, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson. "Wet Sand" explores the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. civil unrest, focused on the stories of the victims and witnesses leading to present conditions. Initially conceived as a sequel to SA-I-GU (April 29 in Korean), a video about the 1992 L.A. upheaval from the perspectives of Korean women, the documentary now consists of voices from African, Latino, Korean and White communities. Consisting of interviews with African, Latino, Korean and white Americans, the documentary deals with the racial and economic dynamics in the voices that often collide. Not all is well in race relations and class conflicts but in the end, some voices join in the chorus in harmony to become "wet sand." Mrs. Lee Jung Hui who lost her only son in 1992 defined wet sand, lamenting how Koreans became like dry sand shortly after the riots. "Unity is like holding wet sand tightly in your fist. If you hold sand and if it is wet, it becomes one big lump. But if the sand is dried by the sun, all of it would come out of each finger. Nothing is there any more." |
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Asia Houston Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 2002, to help build bridges between Asian-Americans and other groups in Houston. We accomplish this goal by offering interesting and educational events. For more information, visit our Web site. |
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