“Last Train Home” gives WCU students new perspective on migration and globalization

Last Train Home gave a crowd of about 40 students a new perspective on China’s workers on March 29. WCU Humanities Initiative hosted a screening of Last Train Home, a 2009 documentary by Lixin Fan about the world’s largest human migration—China’s 130 million migrant workers traveling to their home villages from urban centers for the […]

Women’s History Month ends with documentary screening and panel

Five professors at Western Carolina University discussed important issues facing women and shared personal stories at a questions panel on March 26. A screening of Makers: Women Who Make America and questions panel consisting of WCU professors Lynn Burkett, Catherine Carter, Elizabeth Heffelfinger, Allison Thorp and Laura Wright ended a Tuesday series of presentations for […]

Heavy metal documentary comes to Asheville

Few bands could survive the kind of year 2012 was for Virginia based heavy metal outfit Lamb of God had, even fewer would be bold enough to film it for the rest of the world to see. Directed by Don Argot, “As the Palaces Burn” is a documentary about Lamb of Gods 2012 tour, where […]

WCU to screen King documentary

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington,  WCU will screen the documentary “King- From Montgomery to Memphis”. The film comes as the first event of Western’s interdisciplinary theme for the year, “1960’s: Take it all in“. The screening will start at 7 p.m. in Niggli Theatre followed by a discussion led by […]