A documentary by Richard Fung at 1 pm, June 9th.
Richard Fung (Toronto) will screen his latest work and join Dr. Sneja Gunew (UBC Department of English and Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice), and Michelle Jacques (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria) for a conversation on his work and on food as a personal and social archive.
Dal Puri Diaspora is an 80 minute film that traces the development of the dal puri roti, a dish that originated in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Western Bihar, Indiaand travelled across three continents with South Asian, then Caribbean diasporas.
Artist, writer and filmaker Richard Fung is a recipient of the 2000 Bell Canada Award for Lifetime Achievement in Video as well as the 2001 Toronto Arts Award for Media Art. He won the 2012 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Audience Award for Dal Puri Diaspora.
