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Film Screening: Islomkhodja
Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 213 1957 E St NW, WashingtonThe Central Asia Program and the American Uzbekistan Association are inviting you for a film screening of Islamkhodja At the beginning of the 20th century there lived an enlightened, innovative, humanist figure—the Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) of Khiva khanate, Islamkhodja. At the age of 17, Islamkhodja ruled the city of Hazorasp, which was considered a… Continue reading Film Screening: Islomkhodja
Cinema Club Film Screening: “Two Horses of Genghis Khan” (Mongolia, 2009)
Directed by Byambasuren Davaa "Two Horses presents a stiff look at the crushing after-effects on Mongolian heritage in the years following the Chinese cultural revolution, in which priceless artifacts of music and art were destroyed, including the family heirloom of this story’s protagonist – a nineteenth century horse head violin engraved with the words of an… Continue reading Cinema Club Film Screening: “Two Horses of Genghis Khan” (Mongolia, 2009)
Cinema Club Film Screening: “The Gift to Stalin” (Kazakhstan, 2008)
Directed by Rustem Abdrashev "Set in 1949, just before Stalin’s 70th-birthday jubilee, the film centers on Sasha (Dalen Shintemirov), a 9-year-old boy who escapes from a train transporting Jewish refugees from Moscow to Kazakhstan. "Hidden among the shrouded corpses callously dumped on the tracks, Sasha is rescued by an aging railway worker (Nurzhuman Ikhtimbaev) and taken… Continue reading Cinema Club Film Screening: “The Gift to Stalin” (Kazakhstan, 2008)
