The Mongolian Cultural Center and the Embassy of Mongolia 
invite you to a special event

Far Away, So Close
A Celebration of Mongolia

a multimedia presentation by Shebana Coelho featuring sound portraits of Mongolian women and other stories from the steppe

Friday, December 21
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Embassy of Mongolia
2833 M Street NW, Washington D.C 20007 
tel 703 966 4437
Admission Free 
Open to the Public   

Shebana Coelho is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and radio producer who received a 2007 US Fulbright Research Award to Mongolia.  Her TV and radio documentaries have been broadcast on American Public Television (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), the Discovery Channel and BBC Radio Four. Her website is www.shebanacoelho.com

She will present excerpts from On the Move in Mongolia, sound portraits of Mongolian women and other multimedia recorded in the Mongolian countryside. 
On the Move in Mongolia was produced for Outer Voices (www.outervoices.org) which showcases the seldom-heard voices of women the world-over working for peace and preservation of cultural wisdom. The documentary received post-production funding from 
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation and The Lucius & Eva Eastman Fund.
 
This presentation is part of a lecture series co-organized by the
Mongolian Cultural Center (MCC)

Based in Arlington, VA, the mission of the MCC is to serve as a focal point for greater understanding and promotion of Mongolia, its culture, language, history, art, music, and literature  among the new generation of Mongolian-Americans 
and our American friends interested in Mongolia. 

For more information
www.mongolcc.org
www.shebanacoelho.com
email info@mongolcc.org
tel: 703 966 4437