When: September 5, 2008 (Friday, 6:00 pm)
Where: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor, San Francisco
Admission: $5 public, $3 member
The Chinese Culture Center is pleased to present “Colonel Jin Xing: A Unique Destiny” 上尉金星 (2001). The film will be played in English.

Shanghai’s principal dancer, 33-year-old Jin Xing, is a big star. She is the first choreographer to have received recognition in over half a century of national communism. But the most amazing thing about Jin Xing is that, up until 1995, this beautiful young woman was a man, a colonel in the People’s Liberation Army. Despite Jin Xing’s transcendence in the dance world, however, she is still up against the Chinese bureaucracy which refuses to give her permission to perform on the stages of the Western world. Read More »

When: August 29, 2008 (Friday, 6:00 pm)
Where: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor, San Francisco
Admission Fee: $5 public, $3 member
C4 is proud to present the US Premier “Searching for Lin Zhao’s Soul”, AKA In Search of Lin Zhao’s Soul 寻找林昭的灵魂 (2004) in Mandarin with English subtitles. Read More »

When: July 12, 2008 (begins 12:00 pm)
Where: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor, San Francisco
Admission: $5 public, $3 member

C4 is pleased to present “Gate of Heavenly Peace” (1995), a film by Carma Hinton & Richard Gordon. This film will be the longer version of 189 minutes, played in some Mandarin & English with English subtitles. Read More »

Date: July 1, 2008, Tuesday
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Variety Club Preview Room
582 Market St (between Montgomery and Sansome)
San Francisco, CA
Admission: $10 Asia Society/Co-Sponsor Members
$15 Non-Members

Event proceeds will be donated to help the earthquake victims in Sichuan, China.

In the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in Sichuan province and on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, Discovery Channel Managing Editor Ted Koppel presents Koppel on Discovery: “The People’s Republic of Capitalism.” Read More »

When: June 20, 2008 (begins 5:30 pm)
Where: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor, San Francisco
Admission: $5 public, $3 member

C4 is pleased to present “Summer Palace” (2006), a film by Lou Ye, for its next installment. This film will be played in Mandarin with English subtitles.

Banned by the Chinese government, this powerful drama follows rebellious young Yu Hong as she leaves her small village and her family behind to attend Beijing University in the late 1980s. As her tumultuous relationships with two different men reflects the turmoil gripping her country, she begins to become overwhelmed by chaos. (Note: Due to its graphic nature, this film is suggested for mature audiences only.)

For more information about C4, and a listing of the entire year’s program, visit our 2008 Film Series page. Read More »

草根獨立電影及其對華人當代文化的影響
C4 Film Screening & Panel Discussion
June 7th, 2008; 2:30 pm
Admission: $5 public; $3 member
Chinese Culture Center, Hilton Hotel (3rd Floor)
750 Kearny Street, San Francisco

Grassroots Filmmaking and its impact on contemporary Chinese culture: Grassroots filmmaking is becoming increasingly significant to Chinese and Chinese American communities as many up and coming social movements are being spearheaded, explored, and grounded through this medium. Acknowledging the growing importance of the grassroots genre, the June 7th launching of 2008’s Chinese Culture Center Cinema program showcases two unique independent short films, Red Thread, and Have Food Will Travel.
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Premiering on May 22nd through May 24th at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Speaking Chinese is a new cross-cultural, multidisciplinary sonic dance theater based on the writings of Chinese American author Zhang Ailing (Eileen Chang). It will be a collaborative project of Director/Choreographer Kim Epifano with renowned Chinese composer Zhu Jian’er, Chinese ballerina Hou Honglan, American dancer/actor C. Derrick Jones, and producer Barry Plews of the Creative Futures cultural exchange program, among others. Speaking Chinese & Lure Dance are presented by Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater, in conjunction with the San Francisco International Arts Festival.

C4: Chinese Culture Center Cinema

More information to come.

The Chinese Culture Center is proud to co-sponsor Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project’s (QWOCMAP) 4th Annual Film Festival! 30 brand new films burst on screen in 4 film programs that showcase queer women of color and our communities. From the quick turns of a dyke couple on a mission to conceive, to the fierce shimmy of big bodacious babes, to the dynamic strut of a queer secret agent, these fly films will let you get down, get funky and get loose! Read More »

HOLLYWOOD CHINESE / 好萊塢華人:

Time/時間 : April 11-17, 2008
Filmmaker in person, April 11, 7:30pm & 10pm

Location/地點: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco

For more information, please refer to/有關更多訊息,請登陸 www.sundancecinemas.com/kabuki.html or call/ 電話 (415) 929-4650

“A love letter to the movies!” –San Francisco Magazine. Read More »