{"319651":{"#nid":"319651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"OIE Presents Cultural Transitions Movie Premiere and Cast\/Crew Party","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of International Education is rolling out the red carpet for the\u0026nbsp;world\u0026nbsp;premiere of \u201cCultural Transitions.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The movie\u2019s world premiere will take place on Wednesday, September 3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;during OIE\u2019s \u201cCultural Transitions\u201d session.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCultural Transitions\u201d is a forty minute movie produced by the Office of International Education in association with GA Tech\u2019s Buzz Studios.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The film includes live action scenes performed by Georgia Tech students as well as interviews with international students.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The scenes and interviews cover a number of topics related to the cultural challenges that international students face when arriving in the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;These topics include language barriers, building friendships with U.S Americans, religion and dating in the U.S.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The movie also covers the cultural aspects of space, time and appearance and how these concepts vary from one country to another.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The purpose of the film is to ease the transition for new international students. However, non-international students, staff and faculty will also learn a lot from the film as it provides them with a better understanding of the international student perspective and experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe movie will be first screened on September 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the Cast and Crew Party.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Students who participated in the production of the movie have been invited to attend the party.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The party will give the cast and crew the opportunity to view the movie as well as pretend to be a \u201ccelebrity\u201d as they walk a red carpet, have their photos taken by \u201cpaparazzi,\u201d and get the chance to win an \u201cOIE Oscar.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe movie\u2019s world premiere will take place on Wednesday, September 3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;during OIE\u2019s \u201cCultural Transitions\u201d session.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;This event will take place at 4pm in Van Leer West 200 and include a viewing of the film and a panel of returning international students who will share stories and tips to new international students.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;This session is the finale to OIE\u2019s International Welcome Series which includes a number of sessions and events to prepare new international students to Georgia Tech and the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;However, all members of the GA Tech community are invited to attend the session for the world premiere. The \u201cCultural Transitions\u201d movie will also be posted on OIE\u2019s website in the coming weeks for those who cannot attend the session.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Office of International Education is rolling out the red carpet for the world premiere of \u201cCultural Transitions.\u201d"}],"uid":"27787","created_gmt":"2014-08-28 08:32:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Emily Dolezal","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4110","name":"cultural"},{"id":"3093","name":"culture"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"1802","name":"international"},{"id":"101231","name":"movie premiere"},{"id":"9055","name":"office of international education"},{"id":"69901","name":"Postdocs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMeghan Popick\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["meghan.popick@oie.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}