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Music Performance
ONLINE - Thuy: An Evening of Pop and R&B
Thuy
Online Performance and Q&A
(1/7/21) - This event is now online.
Vibrant Vietnamese-American singer/songwriter, Thuy, is setting herself apart in today’s pop R&B scene. The Bay Area native grew up surrounded by music and at age 9, knew she wanted to be a pop star. However, with no exemplars to look up to who looked like her, Thuy traded her musical hopes for a career in medicine. After a few lackluster years in the medical field followed by a chance visit to a studio, Thuy finally saw what a professional career in music could look like and in no short time, recorded her first record, “Hands on Me”. As the track hit radio on Bay Area’s KMEL 106.1, Thuy cemented her earliest step into pop R&B success.
Since then, the now Los Angeles-based artist has released several records showcasing her angelic vocals, skillful songwriting, and modern R&B stylings. Having amassed over 60 million global streams and garnered support from premier publications and playlists including Billboard, Paper, Harper’s Bazaar, Lyrical Lemonade, Flaunt, Earmilk, Spotify New Music Friday, and Apple Music Best New Songs, Thuy proves that her celestial voice and knack for earworm melodies are here to stay.
2021 marks a turning point for the relative newcomer, whose debut EP is set to arrive when the excitement for her music has never been stronger. With the highly anticipated project on the horizon, Thuy hopes that her music continues to inspire confidence in others and to be a voice for those who want to feel seen.
Q&A to follow the performance
Co-sponsor: Vietnamese Student Association (VSA)
Cup of Culture
ONLINE - To Be A Woman
Director: Jensine Raihan
Online Film Screening
(1/7/21) - This event is now online.
This bilingual short film, in Bangla and English, follows a mother-daughter duo who clash over the daughter Sohini’s outfit. While they clearly love each other, how will they reconcile the different ways they choose to navigate the world as women?
Post film Q&A with Jensine Raihan.
Jensine graduated from New York University with a degree in computer science, film production, and history. Her films focus on the experience of young working-class South Asian women and have been screened at CAAMFest, LAAPFF, and CSAFF. For the past 8 years, she has worked as a community organizer at Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), a South Asian and Indo-Caribbean grassroots organization that fights for social justice. In her work at DRUM, she used theater of the oppressed to challenge gender-based violence in immigrant communities. She hopes to continue to use film and theater to inspire people to become agents of social change in their own day-to-day lives.
Meeting ID: 929 3910 6309
Passcode: 933071
ONLINE - Tony’s Wheels
Author Mila Philipzig
Online
Special guest: Antonio “Tony” Flores a.k.a the real life Tony!
Inspired by a true story, Tony’s Wheels follows a boy who moves to Canada from the Philippines and becomes successful in wheelchair racing. He becomes so good he gets to join the National Canadian Team. While competing internationally, Tony meets para-athletes from his old country and notices that their equipment is old and heavy. Tony wins the race, but how does he treat his competitors? Authored by Mila Bongco-Philipzig.
Bio Mila is the author of bi-lingual children’s books celebrating stories of migration and travel, culture, heritage, and traditions. Born and raised in Manila, she currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with her husband, Jan. They have one son, Mats. Mila is an avid marathoner and a passionate advocate for human rights and inclusion and diversity.
Cup of Culture
ONLINE - Woman of Earth
Director & Cinematographer Isadora Carneiro
Online Film Screening
(1/7/21) - This event is now online.
Mayara grew up in Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil and Latin America. She was a teenager surrounded by millions of people, technology, and everything the modern world could offer. But she still felt empty. In search of Brazil's roots, she traveled to indigenous, quilombola (communities founded in 19th century by runaway slaves), and rural communities. She was searching for women who could answer her questions. She found them. She calls them, Women of Earth.
Isadora Carneiro is a filmmaker known for her 1,001 uses: she films, photographs, edits and produces. She directed the project’s first documentary miniseries. She also dedicates herself to her personal project of filming and photographing births.
Post film Q&A with the director and cinematographer
Meeting ID: 929 3910 6309
Passcode: 933071
