FACE of a Nation - Film Teaser - Shanghai's Expo 2010 Closes. Did Your Country Show A Good Face? Did the U.S.?

A film production from USC School of Architecture and USC School of Cinematic Arts gives us this provocative film teaser to FACE of a Nation. The team, composed of USC Professor/Architect Mina Chow, architecture journalist Edward Lifson, USC Cinema's Norman Hollyn, and documentary producer/filmmaker Alessandra Pasquini, probes the concept of "face" in Chinese culture and whether country pavilions successfully represented themselves to the world and China. The final film is slated for completion next year.

KCRW's Frances Anderton provides a good summary of the expo and the U.S. situation at her DnA blog.
Did your country represent well? Did the U.S.?  Give us your opinion and thoughts.

Expo 2010 Panel Discussion August 5th - USC Cinema's Prof. Norm Hollyn, NPR's Edward Lifson, Documentarian Alessandra Pasquino Join Professor Mina Chow

United Kingdom PavilionProfessor Norman Hollyn from USC School of Cinematic Arts, Edward Lifson NPR architecture journalist, and documentary producer/director Alessandra Pasquino join Professor/Filmmaker Mina Chow for the Expo 2010/International Architecture discussion at the Palecek showroom August 5th. This is the production team behind Professor Chow's documentary on emblem architecture and the national pavilions at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

Professor Norm Hollyn, Head Editor, was also editor/music editor for such memorable films as Sophie's Choice, Cotton Club, and Fame.

Edward Lifson, NPR architecture journalist and Annenberg/Loeb Fellow

Alessandra Pasquino, documentary producer/director - Berkeley in the 60s, Nomadic Museum with Shigiru Ban

The event promises to be informative and entertaining. Join us.
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