Announcing a new series of conversations and concerts from the Hop in partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio. Episodes air Friday nights at 7 pm on NHPR. Episode 1 features jazz pioneer Jason Moran.
As US immigration policy comes under greater scrutiny and international wars involving territorial aggression continue, this is a moment to bring into dialogue films that share unique perspectives on the broader issues involved in enforcing national boundaries.
The series includes stories about people crossing borders in pursuit of something essential to their happiness, an AI griot teaching decolonization workshops through voguing, comedies that hinge on visa problems, landmark classics about the impact of colonialism, and urgent films touching on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Together these films paint a picture of how borders relate to the cultivation of national pride, the cost of maintaining those borders, and the shared human need for belonging that supersedes them.
Also, check out the Southeast Asian American Journeys Docuseries, playing on Fridays in May at 4:30pm!
This series of short films and conversations, hosted by OPAL, explores the stories of five local Southeast Asian refugee communities who, while being shaped by their resettlement journeys, have transformed the landscape of which they are a fundamental part. Most screenings are in One Wheelock in the lower level of Collis, but the May 22 screening will be in the Hood Museum's Gilman Auditorium.
