After Yang (2022)
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"><b>PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCIENCE ON SCREEN</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><b style="font-style: normal;">INTRODUCTION W/ DR. CAROLINE HARDIN PRECEDING THE FILM</b><i> (see description below)</i></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"><u>FILM DESCRIPTION</u>: In the near future, A.I. helpers are a commonality in everyday life. When his young daughter’s beloved companion, an android named Yang whom the family treats as an adopted brother, malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. It is only through this process, exploring his own questions of loss and grief, does Jake begin to reconnect with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distant none had known was there.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"></span><br></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"><b>DISCUSSION w/ Dr. Caroline Hardin, PhD, WWU Associate Professor and Director of the Computer Science Education Program:</b></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"><b>“My Robot Has a First Name: After Yang and Our Emotional Bonds With Technology”</b></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"><u>DESCRIPTION</u>: Robotics has been a growing scientific field for decades but has exploded in the last few years, and could soon impact nearly every facet of everyday life. The implication of this growth goes beyond simple mechanical and factory work, with proposals for expansions into education and childcare being promised by companies and governments around the world. Dr. Caroline D. Hardin will examine these scientific and cultural developments through a deeply human lens, including what this could mean for our growth, relationships, and the bonds we share with one another. </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"></span><br></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px"><u>SPEAKER BIO</u>: Dr. Caroline D. Hardin is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the director of the Computer Science Education program at Western Washington University. She studied computer science at University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining the Peace Corps, where she taught computer literacy in Ghana for 3 years. She worked in a variety of technology education roles before completing her PhD in Computer Science Education and moving to Bellingham, Washington with her family. Her current research centers on educational robotics, CS teacher preparation, and AI’s impact on education. She enjoys doing electronic textiles at the Bellingham Makerspace.</span></p>Science Fiction, DramaPT1H36MPG2026-06-13Justin H. Min
Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja
Colin Farrell
Kogonada
Theresa Park
Paul S. Mezey
Caroline Kaplan
Andrew Goldman
After Yang (2022)"After Yang (2022)"Showtimes
June 13, 1:30 pm
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