The Asian Film and Talk Series aims to contribute to the growth of the Asian Studies program at New College of Florida and to engage the local community in the learning of Asian culture and society. Please join us on Friday, November 4, for a free evening film screening of Mainland (2017) at Mildred Sainer Pavilion. Faculty and students from local schools and New College of Florida will host a post-screening Q&A session.
Stella and Harry are affluent, cosmopolitan teenagers who are part of the enormous wave of “parachute students” from Mainland China enrolling in U.S. private schools. Shot over three years in China and the U.S., MAINELAND tells a multi-layered coming-of-age tale.