Paul Rotha/Pōru Rūta and the Politics of Translation

Presentation: "Paul Rotha/Pōru Rūta and the Politics of Translation" by Professor Abé Mark Nornes. Abé Mark Nornes is Chair of the Department of Screen Arts and Culture and Professor in Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan Makino Collection Symposium Panel 3: "The Makino Collection and Documentary Film" Symposium: "The Makino Collection at Columbia: the Present and Future of an Archive." On November 11, 2011, Columbia University held its first daylong symposium to examine research in the field of Japanese film studies emerging from the rich holdings of the Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film (Makino Collection). The event was hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, and the School of the Arts -- Film Division