{"62339":{"#nid":"62339","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u0027Crossing Borders\u0027 - A film by Arnd Wachter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHosted by the School of Modern Languages, \u0022Crossing Borders\u0022 is an internationally acclaimed\u0026nbsp;documentary\u0026nbsp;film by Arnd Wachter.\u0026nbsp; The film follows four American and four Moroccan students who travel together across Morocco sharing experiences, encountering the \u0027Other,\u0027 and in the process, discovering themselves. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Crossing Borders\u0022 was selected at International Film Festivals including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIllinois International Film Festival 2009 (Winner: \u0022Best International Feature Documentary\u0022)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHonolulu Film Festival 2010 (Winner: \u0022Gold Kahuna Award\u0022)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThessaloniki Documentary Festival 2010 (Selected for educational screenings funded by the Greek Ministry of Education)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDocMiami International Film Festival 2010\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAwareness Festival Los Angeles 2010\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECharlotte Film Festival 2010\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFilm Synopsis: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022Crossing Borders\u0022 is a seventy-minute documentary that follows four Moroccan and four American university students as they travel together through Morocco and in the process\u0026nbsp;discover \u0022The Other\u0022 and\u0026nbsp;themselves. With group travels and frank discussions, the students confront the complex implications of the supposed \u0022clash of civilizations\u0022 between Islam and the West. The relationships formed through shared experiences contrast sharply with the media-shaped views Americans and Muslims have of each other. Humor, honesty and a willingness to be challenged all bring individuals closer to each other and the relationships that develop disarm hidden stereotypes. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERefreshments will be served following the film.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHosted by the School of Modern Languages,\u0022Crossing Borders\u0022 is an internationally acclaimed\u0026nbsp;documentary\u0026nbsp;film by Arnd Wachter.\u0026nbsp; The film follows four American and four Moroccan students who travel together across Morocco sharing experiences, encountering the \u0027Other,\u0027 and in the process, discovering themselves. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hosted by the School of Modern Languages, this internationally acclaimed documentary is about four American and four Moroccan students who travel across Morocco and discover each other and themselves"}],"uid":"27385","created_gmt":"2010-10-25 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:53:20","author":"Carol Silvers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-11-01T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-11-01T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-11-01T20:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-11-01 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-11-02 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-11-02 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/Crossing-Borders-Ad.pdf","title":"Crossing Borders"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11049","name":"American students"},{"id":"11001","name":"Crossing Borders"},{"id":"11051","name":"International Film Festivals"},{"id":"11050","name":"Moroccan students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarol Silvers\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allan College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cs70\u0022\u003EContact Carol Silvers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}