Connecticut College Screening Recap and Photos

Nearly a year and a half ago, Rae, JP, and I went to the East Coast to interview two scholars, Amy Dooling from Connecticut College and Lingzhen Wang from Brown University. Three weeks into our Midwest and East Coast tour, we have returned to both of these schools for screenings of Autumn Gem. Our first stop this week was at Professor Dooling’s Connecticut College. Driving around New London, I remembered the roads to get to the university. The weather was a lot different this time around; back in June, 2008, it was overcast and raining, but in October, 2009, blue skies and autumn leaves greeted us. As we were walking around campus, we saw people playing ultimate frisbee, soccer, and running. We haven’t been exercising as much as we would have liked on this trip; I think I’ve gained a couple of pounds, pounds that I’ll have to burn back off when we return to the Bay Area next week!

It was great to see Professor Dooling again in person; watching the documentary over and over — both in our house during editing and at screening venues across the country — we feel like we’ve been seeing her a lot over the past year and a half! She brought to the screening a sizable contingent from Chinese classes. Several other students and faculty members were also present at the screening, which was held at the Blaustein Humanities Center. Also present was my friend from high school. Melissa’s been out in Connecticut since college, and the last time I saw her was back in 1996 when I visiting France and England during Winter Quarter. Catching up with friends has been great, and there’s a few more people that I’m looking forward to seeing at our Boston, New York, and Pennsylvania screenings.

Rae and I received notification of the first PayPal payment for the Autumn Gem DVD today! Thanks to A. Gung for being the first buyer of our DVD!

Tomorrow, we’ll be leaving Connecticut to go up I-95 over to Brown University, where we have a screening at 4:00 pm. Following the screening, we’ll drive further north to Boston. After Saturday’s screening at the Boston Chinese Neighborhood Center, we’ll be heading back down I-95 to New Jersey. The finish line is in sight for this tour, but we’ve still got several more stops along the way!

Here are photos from the Connecticut College screening of Autumn Gem!

WP-SmugMug Plugin: http://tow.com/projects/wordpress/*[[](/batch.download.php?aid=6648305)Rae and I return to Connecticut College. We were here back in the middle of 2008 to interview Professor Amy Dooling.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687483564KRCZo) *[Connecticut College students play ultimate. After dislocating my elbow back in 2000, I still here hear footsteps.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687483468j3DLm) *[Blaustein Humanities Center, site of our Autumn Gem screening at Connecticut College.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687483343KLJD9) *[Blaustein Humanities Center.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687483122oddRN) *[Rae stands in front of Blaustein Humanities Center.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687482992PPPXw) *[Blaustein Humanities Center](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687482806nPRzn) *[Room 210 in Blaustein Humanities Center.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687482649SBrjk) *[Ready to fill up Room 210 at Blaustein Humanities Center.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687482497R4GqM) *[Professor Dooling talks with Rae before the screening.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#6874823582hYnx) *[Professor Dooling talks with her fellow Connecticut College colleagues.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687482184vG27k) *[Rae before the screening.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687482037vfb8Q) *[Professor Dooling introduces her at the Autumn Gem screening at Connecticut College.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687481874sNwcC) *[Listening to Rae’s presentation.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687481688NjgFe) *[Listening to Rae’s presentation.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687481509PdWQU) *[Asking a question about footbinding,](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687481308FdHzQ) *[Professor Dooling and Rae answer questions from the crowd during the Autumn Gem screening at Connecticut College.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687481123zm94Z) *[Students enjoyed our screening of Autumn Gem.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687480921A7kLD) *[Tek gives some comments on Autumn Gem.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687480783yLbDJ) *[Melissa and I went to high school together in San Diego.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687480688kGtoP) *[We had a dinner at Quattro’s in Guilford, CT.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687480599rLDue) *[Group photo following dinner at Quattro’s.](http://photos.tow.com/Autumn-Gem/Screenings/Connecticut-College/10036049LivPQ#687480438_2FRrn)