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Asian Studies

The modern era is being shaped by the emerging economic and political power of the East, giving this area of study ever-increasing significance.

Films in this subject

The Last Dalai Lama?
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The Last Dalai Lama?
Will he be the last Dalai Lama?
Director: Mickey Lemle
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 82 min.
Year of production: 2016
Asian Studies Biography Conflicts Current Affairs Education History Human Rights Philosophy Politics Religion and Spirituality
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The Cleaners
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The Cleaners
Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn't like: violence, pornography and political content.
Director: Moritz Riesewieck | Hans Block
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2018
Current Affairs Human Rights Internet Law and Justice Media Society Technology
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Reach for the Sky
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Reach for the Sky
Can one test shape the rest of your life? Suneung isn’t a regular high school test. The test determines not only where high school seniors attend university but also their ultimate status in Korea's hierarchical society.
Director: Steven Dhoedt | Choi Wooyoung
Language: Korean (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 90 min.
Year of production: 2015
Asian Studies Current Affairs Education Society Youth
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The World Before Her
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The World Before Her
A provocative portrait of Indian women and their current cultural conflicts.
Director: Nisha Pahuja
Language: English, Hindi (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 57 / 90 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism Anthropology Asian Studies Children Conflicts Current Affairs Education Gender Globalization Investigative Journalism Politics Society Women Youth
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Inside the Chinese Closet
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Inside the Chinese Closet
Andy and Cherry are homosexual looking for love and happiness in Shanghai. Their families demand a (heterosexual) marriage and a baby from them. Because being single and childless would mean an unacceptable loss of face in the remote countryside where they live.
Director: Sophia Luvarà
Language: Chinese (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 58/70 min.
Year of production: 2015
Asian Studies Family Gender Human Rights LGBT Sexuality Society
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DHARAVI Slum for sale
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DHARAVI Slum for sale
Dharavi, India's biggest slum is to be demolish and its profitable real estate turned into billions of Dollars. The film follows the struggle of the underprivileged to defend their homes and livelihoods against mounting globalization.
Director: Rob Appleby, Lutz Konermann
Language: Hindi (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 52/79 min.
Year of production: 2010
Asian Studies Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Economy Immigration and Migration Investigative Journalism Poverty Urbanism
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State of Play
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State of Play
Top video game players in South Korea can earn hundreds of thousands. But what happens to these young men's lives when play becomes work?
Director: Steven Dhoedt
Language: Korean (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 85/55 min.
Year of production: 2013
Addiction Asian Studies Family Internet Media Society Technology Youth
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The Look of Silence
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The Look of Silence
In this highly-anticipated companion to The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer offers another haunting look at the Indonesian genocide, this time from the perspective of the victims.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Language: Indonesian, Javanese (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 min.
Year of production: 2014
Asian Studies Cinema Conflicts Ethnography Family Genocide Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Politics Society
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The Act Of Killing
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The Act Of Killing
In this chilling and inventive Oscar nominated documentary, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Language: Indonesian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 159 min.
Year of production: 2012
Asian Studies Author's POV Conflicts Crime Ethnography Genocide History Hybrid Law and Justice Politics Society
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Last Harvest
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Last Harvest
After years of preparation, the Xus leave their home in the darkness one morning, taken by bus to a townhouse complex hundreds of kilometers away. But will their new life be a better life?
Director: Hui Wang (Jane)
Language: Chinese (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 78 min.
Year of production: 2015
Asian Studies Ecology, Environment Labor Politics Senior Citizenship Society Urbanism
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