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 hinking Asian American Filmmaking in the Age of AI - Talk by Yeon Jin Lee
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DESCRIPTION:Possibilities and Predicaments: Rethinking Asian American Filmm
 aking in the Age of AI\nTuesday\, December 2\, 2025 | 2:00PM-3:20PM | THH 
 201 | RSVP\nEASC Guest Speaker Series: Talk by Director Yeon Jin Lee with 
 Faculty Moderator Prof. Raymond Tsang (EASC 150: East Asian Societies) \n\
 nIn an age shaped by both human anxieties (war\, economic sanctions\, huma
 nitarian crises) and posthuman anxieties (prosthetic surgery\, robotic lea
 rning\, cloning)\, pressing questions emerge: Can machines truly think or 
 work on our behalf? Does AI possess genuine creativity\, or does it merely
  simulate it? And how is AI reshaping filmmaking\, particularly for Asian 
 American filmmakers? At stake is not only the question of authorship but a
 lso representation—whether Asians are relegated to stereotypical roles o
 r reimagined as futuristic\, emotionless robots. \n\nThis lecture examines
  these tensions as a form of double consciousness\, where creativity and i
 dentity are continuously negotiated against the backdrop of technological 
 transformation in a transnational context. We are honored to host Yeon-jin
  Lee\, a Korean American graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts\, wh
 ose migration from Korea to Indonesia and eventually to the United States\
 , and whose professional journey from Silicon Valley and NASA to Hollywood
 \, provides a powerful lens for understanding the possibilities and predic
 aments of Asian American filmmaking in the age of AI. Yeon-jin will presen
 t her short films and share the struggles and insights that have shaped he
 r filmmaking career.
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LOCATION:Taper Hall (THH)\, 201
SUMMARY:EASC Guest Speaker Series: Possibilities and Predicaments: Rethinki
 ng Asian American Filmmaking in the Age of AI - Talk by Yeon Jin Lee
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 ibilities-and-predicaments-rethinking-asian-american-filmmaking-in-the-age
 -of-ai-talk-by-yeon-jin-lee
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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