NaRhee Ahn's Purity

Don't miss Susane E. Lee, Chil Kong, Derek Mio, Leonard Wu, Jae Suh in NaRhee Ahn's PURITY , which screens during the 29th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in New York.

Don't miss Susane E. Lee, Chil Kong, Derek Mio, Leonard Wu, Jae Suh in NaRhee Ahn's PURITY , which screens during the 29th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) on Friday, July 14th at the Asia Society, Wednesday, July 19th at the Quad Cinema and Friday, August 4th in Stonybrook.

Backed by an award-winning, Asian American soundtrack including local favorites Taiyo and Florence Yoo, director NaRhee Ahn's debut feature film presents a careful and intimate portrait of Korean American life that is both complex and human. In a world rife with religious differences, we are reminded of how religion can often separate us rather than guide us to understand the people around us and ourselves.

In PURITY , Grace Kim has always been good. An exemplary Korean American Christian girl, she made her friends and family happy and proud, affirming their Christian beliefs with her faith and devotion. However, when her mother suddenly dies, Grace overwhelmed by grief and her character undergoes a dramatic change. Shutting herself off from a world that she believes betrayed her, Grace exiles herself to the safe haven of her childhood home. She substitutes the purity that she sought in religion by obsessively cleaning and cooking elaborate meals for her minister father. As her doubt begins to outweigh her faith, Grace is no longer interested in appeasing the scrutiny of her father and the Korean community which attends his church, and realizes that salvation comes not only by accepting the Lord but also from knowing one's own self and desires.

SCREENINGS
Fri 7/14 6:30 PM ASIA SOCIETY (ASPURI)
Director NaRhee Ahn, Actresses Susane Lee, Jae Suh and Composer George Shaw in Person for Q&A after the screening

Wed 7/19 3:30 PM QUAD CINEMA (QCPURI)
Director NaRhee Ahn and Actor Chil Kong in Person for Q&A after the screening

Fri 8/4 7:00 PM STONYBROOK
STPURI

Free Afterparty sponsored by AZN TV
Date: Friday, July 14
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St. (btn. Ludlow & Essex Sts) NYC
Featuring: Taiyo, The Ides, Kevin So, Deborah S. Craig and George Shaw performing from the PURITY soundtrack
Autographed PURITY posters and Artist's CDs for sale, plus AZN giveaways and prizes!

To learn more about NaRhee Ahn and the movie, visit www.myspace.com/puritymovie.

Running July 13-21 and August 3-6, this year's festival takes place at the Asia Society (725 Park Avenue at 70th St. www.asiasociety.org). and the Quad Cinema (34 W. 13th St.) Select films will be shown at Stony Brook University's Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook, Long Island.

PURCHASE TICKETS
Online: www.aaiff.org
Call: (212) 327-9385
Box Offices:
Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. at 70th St. NYC
Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th St. (btn 5th & 6th Aves), NYC
* Tickets can be purchased for Quad Cinema screenings ONLY *

For Tickets to Stonybrook Screenings
Reserve tickets by emailing the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 631-632-4400. Charles B. Wang Center is located at Stony Brook University in Long Island, New York. For more information for these and other upcoming Wang Asian/American programs and directions to Wang Center, log on to http://www.sunysb.edu/wang

Asian Cinevision (ACV) is a nonprofit national media arts organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Asian and Asian American film and video arts. Since 1978, ACV has annually presented the Asian American International Film Festival, the first and longest-running festival devoted to Asian/Asian American cinema in the United States. The 2006 festival marks both a glimpse into the future of Asian American filmmaking, highlighting the works of a new generation of emerging talents, and a look back at the historic place of Asian cinema in New York City. In addition to the festival, ACV's programs and services include film exhibitions, mentoring and educational outreach, training workshops, publications, and a media archive.