To Touch the Soul: Make Art/Stop AIDS in Cambodia

Film screening and Q&A with filmmakers.

Sunday, May 04, 2008
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095

"To Touch the Soul" (2007, 70 minutes, color, English)

In January 2005, Cal State University Long Beach art education professor Carlos Silveira took twenty-seven of his students to Cambodia, where they worked alongside students from a local university to conduct art projects involving impoverished children affected by HIV/AIDS. While grappling with issues including cultural differences and language barriers, the group learned the true meaning of kindness, selflessness, courage, community and social activism. The documentary features a mix of diary voice-overs and interviews with Carlos, his students and their young charges, and highlights the growing problem of AIDS orphans in Cambodia. A Q & A with Carlos Silveira, Teresa Hagen (producer), and Ryan Goble (director/editor) follows the screening.

Co-sponsored by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History in connection with the "Make Art/Stop AIDS" exhibit through June 15.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Special Instructions
Parking at UCLA costs $8.

For more information please contact
Barbara GaerlanTel: 310-206-9163