NYC: Film Screening The LuLu Sessions and Roundtable Discussion with Filmmaker Casper Wong and Professor Lana Lin (New School). Moderated by Professor Heng-Mei Heberer.

When: Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018, 6 – 9 pm.  

Where: Cinema Studies at NYU, 721 Broadway, 6th Fl, NYC.  

Cost: FREE.  No RSVP required.  Just show up

First showing in NYC of this award-winning documentary in 5 years (since 2013).  Great film. 

The LuLu Sessions is a raw, intimate yet surprisingly humorous story about the filmmaker showing up for her best friend and ex-something, Dr. Louise Nutter (“LuLu”)—world-class cancer researcher, who got her Ph.D in 3.5 years and was a Yale post-doc— finds out she is dying of breast cancer herself at 42.  Together they test the limits of their bond while taking on life’s ultimate adventure in this moving film about 2 women and life.

It is a story about relationships and friendships. 

Followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker S. Casper Wong (Columbia, NYU Law), a former IBM patent attorney who became a filmmaker and Professor Lana Lin (New School). Moderated by Professor Heng-Mei Heberer. 

Award-winning film. 
 - WINNER of Audience Award Best Feature Documentary - Chicago LGBT Film Festival Reeling 
 - WINNER of Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary - 2nd place - Toronto LGBT Film Festival
 - NOMINEE for Best Documentary Feature - Copenhagen LGBT Film Festival - MIX Copenhagen

Proudly announced by Yale GALA, Inc.  

Organized by the film series Queer Migrations & Diasporic Intimacies, hosted by the Asian Film and Media Initiative (Cinema Studies, NYU). 

Co-sponsored by: Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU; Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at NYU; Center for Media, Culture and History; Center for Religion and Media; Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies; NYU Student Affairs; NYU Global Programs; NYU Center for Disability Studies


More info about the film: http://lulusessionsfilm.com/   

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/265060580805549/

More info: http://www.yalegala.org/2018-10-LuluSessionsNYC