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SUMMARY:Film Screening of 'Invisible Nation' and Q&A with Director Vanessa
  Hope
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DESCRIPTION:With unprecedented access to Taiwan’s sitting head of state\
 , director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-w
 en\, the first female president of Taiwan. Thorough\, incisive and bristli
 ng with tension\, Invisible Nation is a living account of Tsai’s tightro
 pe walk as she balances the hopes and dreams of her nation between the col
 ossal geopolitical forces of the U.S. and China. Hope’s observational st
 yle captures Tsai at work in her country’s vibrant democracy at home\, w
 hile seeking full international recognition of Taiwan’s right to exist. 
 At a time when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated the ever-pr
 esent threat of authoritarian aggression\, Invisible Nation brings punctua
 l focus to the struggle of Taiwan as it fights for autonomy and freedom fr
 om fear.\n\nVanessa Hope is an award-winning producer and director who has
  produced multiple acclaimed films in China and made her directorial featu
 re debut with the documentary All Eyes and Ears\, an exploration of the co
 mplex links between the U.S. and China featuring former President Obama’
 s US Ambassador to China. Vanessa and her husband\, Ted Hope\, share a com
 pany\, Double Hope Films. Prior to her film career\, Vanessa worked on for
 eign policy issues at the Council on Foreign Relations with Senior Fellow 
 and Director of Asia Studies Elizabeth Economy. She received her B.A. from
  the University of Chicago in Anthropology and East Asian Studies and comp
 leted the coursework for a PhD at Columbia University before going into fi
 lm.\n\nThe screening will be opened by Dr Bo-jiun Jing\, Senior Research F
 ellow and Programme Manager in Taiwan Studies at the Oxford School of Glob
 al and Area Studies\, and the Q&A will be chaired by Ms Issy Wells\, MSc c
 andidate in Contemporary Chinese Studies and former reporter at TaiwanPlus
  and Radio Taiwan International. The screening is held in partnership with
  St Antony’s International Review (STAIR).
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LOCATION:St Antony's College - Investcorp Auditorium\, Investcorp Auditori
 um St Antony's College 63 Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6JF United
  Kingdom
SPEAKER:Vanessa Hope (Double Hope Films)\, Issy Wells (University of Oxfor
 d)\, Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
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