{"589361":{"#nid":"589361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Plastic China\u0022 Film Screening","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETime: March 29, 2017, 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELocation: Clary Theatre (Bill Moore Success Center)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA screening of the film\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/globalmediafest\/upcomingevents\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPlastic China\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E(China, 2016), followed by conversation, dinner and panel discussion with the awarded filmmaker and photographer\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/globalmediafest\/upcomingevents\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJiu-liang Wang\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPlastic China\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;follows the members of two families who spend their lives sorting and recycling plastic waste from the United States, Europe, and Asia. Yi-Jie, an 11-year-old girl, works alongside her parents in a recycling facility while dreaming of attending school. Kun, the facility\u0026rsquo;s ambitious boss, dreams of a better life. Through the story of these two families, this poignant film explores issues of waste recycling, social inequality, as well as global consumption and culture.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt won\u0026nbsp;Special Jury Award at the 2016 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Check out the trailer at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v0Kif9cugQ0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v0Kif9cugQ0\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event features an\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Einterdisciplinary panel\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewith professors:\u0026nbsp;Greg Zinman in Film Studies (Georgia Tech), Eri Saikawa in\u0026nbsp;Environment Science (Emory), and\u0026nbsp;Matthew Realff in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Georgia Tech).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPlus:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EFree Pan Asian Dinner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_78rFDxh1BwCDm9n\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk156640\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_78rFDxh1BwCDm9n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A screening of the film \u0022Plastic China\u0022 (China, 2016), followed by conversation, dinner and panel discussion with the awarded filmmaker and photographer Jiu-liang Wang will be held this Wednesday."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2017-03-27 20:00:40","changed_gmt":"2017-03-27 20:00:40","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"589348":{"id":"589348","type":"image","title":"Plastic China flyer","body":null,"created":"1490643325","gmt_created":"2017-03-27 19:35:25","changed":"1490643325","gmt_changed":"2017-03-27 19:35:25","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224544","name":"2017-plastic-china-gt-event-flyer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2017-plastic-china-gt-event-flyer.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2017-plastic-china-gt-event-flyer.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":313523,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2017-plastic-china-gt-event-flyer.jpg?itok=gl8VTxz6"}}},"media_ids":["589348"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}