{"id":8549,"date":"2010-11-29T23:03:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T03:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=8549"},"modified":"2010-11-29T23:03:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T03:03:44","slug":"filmmakers-roundtable-a-discussion-with-director-brian-iglesias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=8549","title":{"rendered":"Filmmakers Roundtable: A Discussion with Director Brian Iglesias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Event Date: 12\/02\/2010<br \/>\nEvent Description: Filmmakers Roundtable: A Discussion with Director Brian Iglesias<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Poster_of_Chosin.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8549]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8550\" title=\"Poster_of_Chosin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Poster_of_Chosin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Poster_of_Chosin.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Poster_of_Chosin-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film fans and students of military history unite for an intimate discussion with director<\/p>\n<p>Brian Iglesias on the making of his award-winning independent documentary Chosin.<\/p>\n<p>Brian, a Marine and Iraq veteran, embarked on this production to honor those who sacrificed at the Battle of Chosin Reservior in the Korean War. Those who survived went on to facilitate the first evacuation under UN auspices, and over one million Koreans today descend from those who were assisted. The director will discuss his cross-country journey to film those veterans still with us and the challenges of growing the production from humble origins to award-winning heights\u2014including a sold-out New York premiere hosted by The Korea Society. His story is one that honors the Korean-U.S. friendship in a compelling and heartfelt way. The director\u2019s forum is followed by a special screening of the film.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, December 2<br \/>\n6:30PM A Discussion with Director Brian Iglesias<\/p>\n<p>The Korea Society<br \/>\n950 Third Avenue@57th Street, 8th Floor<\/p>\n<p>Register here<br \/>\n$10 Members and Film Students; $20 Guests<\/p>\n<p>About the Director<br \/>\nMarine Captain Brian Iglesias, director and co-producer of Chosin, served two tours in Iraq. After his USMC duty, he attended film school and crafted this amazing documentary to tell the story of one of the most decorated battles in United States military history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event Date: 12\/02\/2010 Event Description: Filmmakers Roundtable: A Discussion with Director Brian Iglesias<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8551,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions\/8551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}