This week at the MoCP: Film Screening: Works by Mathieu Borysevicz, Shu Haolun, and Sylvie Levey
Still from Sylvie Leveyâ??s Shanghai Waiting for Paradise
Thursday, November 19, 6 pm
Ferguson Lecture Hall
600 S. Michigan Ave.
1st Floor
Films screened: Mathieu Boryseviczâ??s Taian lu (12 Min);
Shu Haolunâ??s Nostalgia (70 min);
Sylvie Leveyâ??s Shanghai Waiting for Paradise (26 min)
Taian lu is a poetic account of a pregnant womanâ??s journey through the city of Shanghai. Nostalgia is an ode to the traditional Longtang and Shikmen housing structures that are rapidly disappearing from the neighborhoods of Shanghai. Shanghai Waiting for Paradise follows three generations of the Wang family living under one roof in the old city of Shanghai as they are confronted by the imminent demolition of their home.



