http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2012/02/25/free-cross-cultural-film-forward-feb-27-to-march-1/ Our sense of group togetherness and "community" in Tucson Wed, 15 May 2013 02:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2012/02/25/free-cross-cultural-film-forward-feb-27-to-march-1/comment-page-1/#comment-271293 Carolyn_Classen Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:14:00 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/?p=3142#comment-271293 Fascinating documentary tonight about 4 Chinese girls who were “abandoned” by their birth families, to be adopted by American families.  Some were searching for their biological families, others are not, all dealing with being “somewhere between” the two cultures/countries.

]]> http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2012/02/25/free-cross-cultural-film-forward-feb-27-to-march-1/comment-page-1/#comment-271284 Carolyn_Classen Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:58:00 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/?p=3142#comment-271284 Delicious reception at TMA with food catered by My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, followed by a few speeches, then the “Unfinished Spaces” documentary of the National School of Arts (dance, ballet, plastic art, drama, music) in Havana, Cuba which was started after Castro took power, then discontinued due to the influence of Russian communist advisers, and 2 of the 5 schools were eventually renovated. Interesting story of a dictatorship vs. artistic vision/creativity, as told by the architects.

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