{"id":93516,"date":"2019-03-27T15:22:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T01:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=93516"},"modified":"2019-03-27T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T01:22:11","slug":"charlize-toratani-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/27\/charlize-toratani-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna and Hollywood filmmaker to speak at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Charlize Toratani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Film editor, producer and trans advocate Charlize Toratani<\/strong> returns to her alma mater to present a free public lecture on her pathway to a successful career in film making and advocacy. Her talk, “Surviving Hollywood Through Barriers of Gender and Race,” will be held on April 3 at noon in Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room) at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Toratani has more than a decade of experience in the film industry with recent editing credits that include The Miracle Season<\/em> starring Helen Hunt and William Hurt, and producer credits for Untogether<\/em> starring Jamie Dornan, Ben Mendelsohn, Lola Kirke and Scott Caan. <\/p>\n

Toratani hails from Honolulu and graduated in 2008 from UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s Academy of Creative Media<\/a> (ACM<\/abbr>). She was among the first graduates of the fledgling program and participated in the exchange program, which allowed her to study in Shanghai. <\/p>\n

She is also an advocate for the LGBTQ<\/abbr> community, particularly the transgender community, serving as an organizer for the LA Trans Film Fest. Toratani is an associate programmer and jury member for many film festivals, most currently for Outfest.<\/p>\n

Toratani is the first featured speaker in a new series of talks sponsored by UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa’s Asian studies program<\/a> called Roads Less Taken.<\/p>\n

“Many of our students are encouraged to pursue career goals that are considered ‘normal and desirable’ by their parents, particularly in the Asian community,” said organizer Pattie Dunn<\/strong>, an undergraduate student advisor in the Asian studies program. “We want to provide our students a platform to explore some of the other career paths our alums have chosen that have led to successful and satisfying careers.”<\/p>\n

“Surviving Hollywood Through Barriers of Gender and Race” is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and Academy of Creative Media, and made possible by funding from SEED IDEAS<\/abbr><\/a>. Seating is in the Tokioka Room is limited and early arrival is encouraged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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