[Talk] Shadows After Dark | Good Communist, Bad Communist: Portrayals of Communism in Southeast Asian Films | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12018-11-20T12:56:09+08:00PeatixNUS Museum[Talk] Shadows After Dark | Good Communist, Bad Communist: Portrayals of Communism in Southeast Asian Filmstag:peatix.com,2018:event-3415672018-01-26T19:00:00SGT2018-01-26T19:00:00SGT
[Talk]
Shadows
After Dark: Uncovering Post-Colonial Southeast Asian Cinema. Part 1 of 6.
Good
Communist, Bad Communist: Portrayals of Communism in Southeast Asian Films
Friday,
26 Jan, 7pm-8.30pm
Ngee
Ann Kongsi Auditorium, Education Resource Centre, University Town, NUS
Shadows After Dark: Uncovering Post-Colonial Southeast Asian Cinema is a new
lecture-film series, conceived with Dr Darlene Machell Espena, that follows a
chronological development of Cold War cinema in post-colonial Southeast Asia.
Consisting of six parts, this series will attempt to uncover trajectories and
examine the visual culture of the period. It is organised from the discussions
around the exhibition ‘Who Wants To
Remember A War”: War Drawings and Posters from the Dato’ N. Parameswaran
Collection.
With
Lamberto Avellana’s Huk in a New Life (1953) film as a starting point, this
first lecture traces the spectrum of images and depictions of communists from
the Southeast Asian perspective through films produced from 1945 to 1967. A
tumultuous period of anti-colonial movements, nation-building and
decolonisation, it also corresponds to the emergence of the “golden age” of
national cinemas as Southeast Asians began using the technology of film for political and ideological expressions. The lecture will offer ways to understand
the cultural histories of the Cold War, specifically one that highlights the
subjectivities of Southeast Asian imaginaries that are embodied and reinforced
in films.
About the Speaker
Dr
Darlene Machell Espena is a Research Fellow at Singapore’s National Institute
of Education (NTU). She earned her PhD in Southeast Asian History (2017) and
MSc. in Asian Studies (2012) from Nanyang Technological University. Her
research includes cinema, culture and politics in Cold War/postcolonial
Southeast Asia and political and cultural discourses on Singapore education and
economy. She has held teaching positions at De La Salle University and the
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.Image: Film still from 'Huk in a New Life' (1953)
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