Screen/Society--"All Static & Noise" (David Novack, 2023)

Film Screening: "All Static & Noise" (David Novack, 2023, 102 min, United States, in English, Uighur, Kazakh, and Mandarin w/ English subtitles, DCP) -- Introduced by Professor Ralph Litzinger (Cultural Anthropology) -- Q&A to follow with producers Jewher Ilham and Janice Englehart Jewher, a Uyghur teen from China with little English, lands in the U.S. after she is violently separated from her father at the Beijing airport as he is detained. Abduweli, a linguist and poet, imprisoned and tortured for teaching Uyghur language to 6-year-olds, makes his way to Istanbul upon his release. Testimony and action from survivors of China's network of "re-education camps" and their families, in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Europe and the United States, infuse All Static & Noise with an urgency that exposes the mass brutality of state-sponsored oppression in Western China. Together these voices highlight the moral dilemma between risking the safety of families back home by speaking out and the necessity of exposing atrocities in the hope that global awareness will bring change. With each voice we are brought closer to one of the most egregious human rights disasters of our moment. All Static & Noise honors those willing to speak out and poses difficult questions that are imperatives in our inter-connected global economy of the 21st century. Director David Novack and Producer Janice Englehart bring together collaborators from around the world in a film, born of tragedy and infused with an inspired sense of hope, that reminds us that in the darkest of times, the human spirit shines brightest in the company of others. Note about parking for this event: The gates to the Campus Drive Lot, located at the corner of Campus Drive and Anderson Street, will open at 6:15PM, and attendees for the film screening of All Static & Noise are welcome to park in that lot until the end of the event, without needing to pay the usual parking fee. This is a special arrangement just for this film screening and Q&A.