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Issue: 1044 Date: 8/26/2010
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探討現代異國婚姻 「娶個亞洲新娘」記錄片開拍
9月24日將在聖路易舉行募款試片餐會 先睹為快
Friday, Sept. 24 - "Seeking Asian Female" film sneak peak and benefit at Mandarin House!
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【時報訊】由聖路易太極大師Anna Lum(曾祖康)女兒Debbie Lum執導拍攝，探討現代異國婚姻，「娶個亞洲新娘」之記錄片「Seeking Asian Female」，訂9月24日(週五)晚間六時半，在聖路易京園餐廳舉行試映募款餐會，票價50元(含晚餐)，試映會則於當晚8時半舉行，票價25元(不含晚餐)，這項募款是為達成要在明年(2011年)1月1日以前，募到加州人文委員會所贊助該片之金額三萬元的相對款，十分重要，希望能獲得社區各界之支持和鼓勵，有意參加試片和餐會的朋友，請於9月3日前向聖路易時報預約座位，電話：314-432-3858.
曾祖康的女兒Debbie曾就讀聖路易John Burroughs中學和Forsyth學校，畢業於布朗(Brown University)大學，主修東亞宗教研究，2002年取得舊金山州立大學電影碩士學位(MFA)，她在舊金山電影界曾獲獎多次。
9月24日的餐會和試片，將是聖路易地區繼Debbie在2002年以「A Great Deal!」一片參加聖路易影展後，再次有機會看到她的作品。
「Seeking Asian Female」是Debbie執導的記錄片，片中描述上了年紀的美國白人Steven，不遠萬里到中國安徽省，娶到一位年輕的中國太太Sandy，透過Internet網路，Sandy同意移民到美國嫁給Steven，這是一個奇妙又真實抵觸的現代愛情故事。
每年有成千的美國男人一心一意要渡海重洋，到中國找一個太太，經過華裔Debbie Lum的鏡頭，這部記錄片探討這型愛情故事的結果、樣板和對愛的期望與關係。真的能夠透過網路找到真愛嗎？年齡會是問題嗎？不同國家、不同文化會有多大影響？跨文化夫妻彼此可以融合嗎？而這一切對亞洲婦女而言又代表什麼？這部記錄片具有時代意義，獲得舊金山人文協會之激賞並大方地給予贊助，現在這部影片開拍，需要的就是我們社區的支持和鼓勵了。
請速電聖路易時報314-432-3858，參加9月24日支持Debbie Lum的募款試片餐會。
Friday, Sept. 24 - "Seeking Asian Female" film sneak peak and benefit at Mandarin House!
Seeking Asian Female - film sneak preview benefit!By artist Debbie LumFriday, Sept. 24, 2010 - 630 pmMandarin House Restaurant9150 Overland PlazaDinner Benefit: $50 and upScreening only: $25
HEARding Cats Collective will showcase a sneak preview benefit for award winning San Francisco-based filmmaker, Debbie Lum. Lum recently received a generous grant from the California Council for the Humanities for her ground breaking documentary Seeking Asian Female www.seekingasianfemale.com to be released in 2011. KQED, San Francisco's award winning PBS, is her station partner. St. Louisans will get a unique preview on Friday, September 24 at the Mandarin House Restaurant www.stlouismandarinhouse.com and hear native daughter Debbie Lum speak about her 5 year project.
Also on the program, HEARding Cats Rich O'Donnell, Tory Z Starbuck, and Deb Summers will perform on authentic Asian instruments with a revirescent wrinkle.
The CCH grant must be matched by 1/1/11, and the 10 course banquet at the Mandarin House will kick off fundraising festivities in celebration of this goal. Reservations can be made by email alumrod@gmail.com for the screening and banquet at 6:30 pm starting at $50, or for the screening only at 8:30 pm at $25.
Director/producer Lum specializes in intimate character-driven stories often about the Asian American experience. Seeking Asian Female is her feature-length debut documentary. Trained as a long-format documentary editor, her editing credits include To You Sweetheart Aloha (winner audience award VCLAAPFF), a.k.a. Don Bonus (winner, National Emmy) and Kelly Loves Tony (nominated for an IDA award for best documentary), which she also co-produced.
She was commissioned by Wayne Wang to direct and produces two short films called Is Chan Still Missing? And Geraldine, about the seminal Chinese American films, Chan Is Missing and Dim Sum. She also wrote, directed and edited the short narrative films, Chinese Beauty, A Great Deal! and One April Morning, which screened at festivals across the country. Oscar-winning director, Steven Okazaki has said of Ms. Lum: "Debbie is a brilliant new filmmaker, capable making us feel and think about her subjects in unexpectedly challenging and wonderful ways."
This will be the first opportunity for St. Louisans to see Ms. Lum's work since A Great Deal! was screened at the St. Louis Filmmaker Showcase in 2002. She has an M.F.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State University and a B.A. in East Asian Religious Studies from Brown University. She's a graduate of John Burroughs School and Forsyth School.
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母親曾祖康Anna Lum與女兒Debbie Lum(時報檔案相片) |
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