2:00 p.m.
The Siam Renaissance (Tawipop)/Surapong Pinijkhar/2003/150 mins

Maneejan, a Paris-based archive specialist, warps back in time to Bangkok as it was 100 years ago, when Siam (Thailand) was still resisting political and cultural colonization by the French and English. United States Premiere. Chalida Uabumrungjit, Project Director of the Thai Film Foundation.

6:30 p.m.
Activism: Then and Now
Documentary films shorts portray Thai activism.

Behind the Wall/Aphiwat Seangpatthasima/2003/30 min./DV/ Thai w/ E.S.
The Mahakan Tower residents have struggled against eviction for over a decade as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration threatens to turn their home into a public park. United States Premiere.

October Youth Film Project/Sudarat Musikawong & Sanchai Chotirosseranee/2004/39 mins.
A collaborative video project on two events that defined the social movements of the 1970s--- October 14, 1973 (uprising against Thanom-Praphat-Narong) and October 6, 1976 (massacre of students and activists against the return of Thanom). United States Premiere. Discussion with director Sudarat Musikawong and Chalida Uabumrungjit, Project Director of the Thai Film Foundation.

8:30 p.m.
The Adventures of Iron Pussy/Apichatpong Weerasethakul/ 2003 | 90mins

In a hilarious homage to Thai films past, a convenience store clerk and former go-go boy who rights wrongs as super-heroine Iron Pussy accepts an undercover mission to a remote mansion, where she not only uncovers illegal activities but also—to her surprise—discovers love, and illicit love at that. East Coast Premiere.

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