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"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

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DAVIS–Screening of The Eddy Zheng Story followed by a conversation with the subject and filmmaker

January 31, 2019 @ 10:00 am12:00 pm

Free

DAVIS– A special film screening of The Eddy Zheng Story and discussion with Eddy Zheng and filmmaker Ben Wang. This documentary film is supported by California Humanities through a California Documentary Project grant. 

Arrested at 16 and tried as an adult for kidnapping and robbery, Eddy Zheng served over 20 years in California prisons and jails. Ben Wang’s “Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” paints an intimate portrait of Eddy – the prisoner, the immigrant, the son, the activist – on his journey to freedom, rehabilitation and redemption.

January 31, 2019 6:00 – 8:00 pm UC Davis Kleiber Hall (map linked) Room 3 Contact rskim@ucdavis.edu for more information.  This event is presented by Department of Asian American Studies and sponsored by Department of Asian American Studies, Department of Chicano Studies, Beyond the Stats (BTS) student organization

Details

Date:
January 31, 2019
Time:
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
http://eventscalendar.ucdavis.edu/131102329/BreathinTheEddyZhengStoryFilmScreeningTalk