Film: Floating Weeds (Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, 1959) selected by Ed Bok Lee

The Writers Conference also promotes its annual film festival. Each year, authors are invited to select films that have influenced their work or have a special connection to the theme. The film festival is free and open to the public.

All films will be shown in the Lecture Bowl, located on the second floor of the UND Memorial Union (Room 204) unless otherwise noted.

Ed Bok Lee

Lee the author of two books of poetry, Real Karaoke People, winner of a PEN/Open Book Award, and an Asian American Literary Award (Members' Choice), and Whorled, winner of a Minnesota Book Award in Poetry and a 2012 American Book Award. He also writes plays and fiction. Lee has worked as a journalist, phys ed instructor, bartender, and translator. He holds an MFA from Brown University, and has shared his work in journals, anthologies, and on stages across North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as on public radio and television, and MTV.