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HYBRID - Second Sunday Culture Films: Fugetsu-Do & Morkovcha

March 12, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Penn Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, 19104 United States


The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make places and people distinctive and create bridges to connect them with other cultures around the world.

Please stay for a catered reception to celebrate the season finale.

Fugetsu-Do
Dir. Kaia Rose (2021)
A small sweetshop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles carries on the culinary tradition of mochi and other pastel confections, anchoring a Japanese-American community over three generations.
Morkovcha

Dir. Lydiya Khan (2021)
A special carrot salad created by a hybrid of three cultures, Korean, Russian and Uzbeki, provides a premise to delve into this particular microculture created by an accident of history.

Speakers: Presented by Rob Buscher, Penn Asian American Studies, in conversation with the filmmakers

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Date:
March 12, 2023
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1334/fugetsu-do-morkovcha

Contact

Tena Thomason
Phone
2158982680
Email
tenat@upenn.edu
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Hybrid

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Penn Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, 19104 United States
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