Nov |
16 |
7:30 pm |
Nov |
19 |
7:00 pm |
Nov |
20 |
4:00 pm |
Nov |
21 |
4:00 pm |
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Last Train Home is a powerful film about the experience of Chinese migrant works through the eyes of one amazing girl. Filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades. Like many of China’s rural poor, the couple left behind their children for grueling factory jobs. Their daughter Qin—now a teenager—both bitterly resents their absence and longs for her own freedom. Emotionally engaging and starkly beautiful, the intimate observation of one fractured family sheds light on the human cost of China’s ascendance as an economic superpower. The film screens on Tuesday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 19 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 20 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, November 21 at 4 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $8. Cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861. NOTE: A panel discussion with UM experts will follow the film at the Tuesday, November 16 screening.