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MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Aftershock (Tangshan dadizhen)

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

January 30, 2012

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Movies Houstonians Love The seventh season of Movies Houstonians Love invites notable local celebrities to share a favorite film in Brown Auditorium Theater.

Aftershock
Tangshan dadizhen

Directed by Xiaogang Feng
2010, in Mandarin with English subtitles
China...

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Aftershock
Tangshan dadizhen

Directed by Xiaogang Feng
2010, in Mandarin with English subtitles
China
135 minutes

Introduced by Ping Sun, Rice University Representative.

Aftershock is an epic story of a family separated as a result of the great Tangshan earthquake of 1976, which claimed 255,000 lives, injured 160,000, and destroyed 650,000 Chinese homes. Seven-year-old twins are trapped beneath the rubble, prompting rescue workers to believe that freeing one child will most likely kill the other. The siblings’s mother makes the agonizing choice to save her son, not knowing that her daughter witnesses the decision and miraculously survives.

Y. Ping Sun came to Rice University in 2004 with her husband David W. Leebron, Rice's seventh president. A native of Shanghai, China, Ping attended Beijing Languages University and was offered a full scholarship to Princeton University, where she graduated cum laude. She received a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, and practiced law in New York. Ping currently serves Rice as a University Representative in numerous roles on campus and in the Houston community.

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Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77006

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Tickets:

$7 General Admission
$6 Matinee Admission
$1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID
Free Children 5 and under
Free Film Buffs members
$60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$3 Family Flicks Admission
$2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID

Please note:
The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card.

Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office.

The box office opens at 5:30 p.m. for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films.

Times:

Mon, Jan 30 7:00 PM

Phone: 713-639-7300

Parking:

Museum Parking Garage
Located directly east of the Beck and Law buildings, the MFAH Visitors Center features a four-story covered parking garage.

The easy-to-find parking entrance is on Binz, marked by a large, yellow arrow.

You're always protected from the elements when you park your car in the Museum Garage. From there, you can go to the Visitors Center lobby and find a ticketing desk and up-to-the minute museum information.

As an added convenience, you can enter the Beck and Law buildings from the Visitors Center through security-monitored, climate-controlled tunnels connecting all three buildings.

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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