{"id":4381,"date":"2004-02-06T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-06T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2021-09-17T01:46:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T01:46:14","slug":"film-screening-robot-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2004\/02\/06\/film-screening-robot-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Screening: Robot Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasiannation.com\/\">EurasianNation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>For those of you in NYC, please join EurasianNation and community organization Swirl, Inc. (www.swirlinc.org) as we go to see Hapa director Greg Pak\u2019s award-winning film &#8220;Robot Stories&#8221; on its opening day!<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 13, 2004<br \/>\n7:00 pm (approximate time&#8230; check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swirlinc.org\">www.swirlinc.org<\/a> for exact time next week)<br \/>\nat Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemavillage.com\">http:\/\/www.cinemavillage.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>***Please RSVP to Swirl\u2019s Jen Chau at jenchau@swirlinc.org if<br \/>\nyou plan on attending.***<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robotstories.net\">&#8220;Robot Stories&#8221; Web site<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Winner of over 23 awards, &#8220;Robot Stories&#8221; is science fiction from the heart, four stories starring Tamlyn Tomita (&#8220;Joy Luck Club,&#8221; &#8220;Babylon 5&#8221;) and Sab Shimono (&#8220;The Big Hit,&#8221; &#8220;Suture&#8221;) in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies and android office workers. <\/p>\n<p>The stories include: &#8220;My Robot Baby,&#8221; in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; &#8220;The Robot Fixer,&#8221; in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son by completing his toy robot collection; &#8220;Machine Love,&#8221; in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and &#8220;Clay,&#8221; in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality. John Petrakis of the Chicago Tribune calls the film &#8220;one of the most moving pieces I\u2019ve seen all year&#8221; while Entertainment Insiders calls it &#8220;the kind of science fiction sophisticated audiences crave and deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is a chance that Greg and\/or some of the actors of &#8220;Robot Stories&#8221; will be there for Q\/A! <\/p>\n<p>more info at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robotstories.net\">http:\/\/www.robotstories.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our site here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasiannation.com\/\">http:\/\/www.eurasiannation.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From EurasianNation: For those of you in NYC, please join EurasianNation and community organization Swirl, Inc. 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