Preview Chinese Films at the Central Library

Watch these free screenings of these movies this spring at the Central Library. The screenings are free and open to the public. Each featured film will be in Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.  Limited parking will be available at the Central Library for 5$ but it’s actually in walking distance from our Aspira building. This Saturday kicks off the event with..

“A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” directed by Wayne Wang

2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13
Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium

“A film about a Chinese man who decides to visit his estranged daughter living in Spokane, Wash. after his wife dies. While visiting, he strikes up a friendship with an old Iranian woman; since neither speaks English well, they communicate with gestures and in their own languages. This film is based on the short story by Yiyun Li.”

“Red Cliff,” directed by John Woo
2:30 – 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3
Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium

“This is a film based on the Battle of the Red Cliff and other events during the end of the Han Dynasty; it takes place immediately prior to the period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China. In 208 A.D., the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinces the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite China is to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west, and East Wu in the south. Thus begins a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, causing the two kingdoms to form an alliance. Numerous battles ensue on land and water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff.”