Land Called Wintersburg: An Ethnographic Film Project about Historic Wintersburg

The California State University - Long Beach Anthropology Department presents its annual film festival, Visual Anthropology Showcase, featuring an ethnographic film about the efforts to preserve Historic Wintersburg.  The screening is 6 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Long Beach Historical Society.

   For several months, a group of California State University Long Beach anthropology students have been following the progress of the preservation effort for Historic Wintersburg for a class project.  Their final assignment is a short ethnographic film.

   The film, Land Called Wintersburg, debuts at its very first film festival on Friday, May 24, 6 p.m., Historical Society of Long Beach, 4260 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90807, http://hslb.org/.  The public is welcome. 

The Visual Anthropology Showcase is hosted by the Historical Society of Long Beach, 4260 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California.

   From the anthropology class Facebook page:

   "The Department of Anthropology at CSULB is proud to present the 2013 Visual Anthropology Showcase at The Historical Society of Long Beach. This year we will be presenting a number of student-produced augmented photo essays and ethnographic films that explore the ways in which images and sounds can be used to engage and represent sociocultural worlds - in collaboration with film subjects and communities. We will also have a Khmer classical dance performance this year!!!

   The projects cover a range of topics including: Gender in the World of Warcraft; Jazz, improvisation and the creative process; Prumsodun Ok's revitalization and modernity through Classical Cambodian dance; the role of Food, Music and Art in the Occupy Movement; an augmented reality tour of Cambodia Town in Long Beach; reclaiming the original meaning of Dia de los Muertos; Jewish tattooing and the Holocaust; saving the oldest Japanese-American church in Orange County; Steampunk culture."

   Those working on the preservation of Historic Wintersburg appreciate the interest and time of the anthropology students, some of whom plan to continue following our efforts.

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