Join us as LIAS Fellow Katherine Gibson will present her co-produced film “The Bamboo Bridge” in our next LIAS Film Series, Wednesday, June 4th, 7.30 pm at SCALA Cinema. The documentary film challenges us “to shift into an unfamiliar mode of thinking”, as director Juan Francisco Salazar states. The bamboo bridge was a ephemeral infrastructure: it was built up every year during dry season and taken down as monsoon season began. For decades, local bridge builders connected the island of Koh Paen with the city of Kampong Cham in Cambodia this way. The documentary follows the last build of the bridge in 2017, as a concrete bridge is erected and portrays three generations of bridge builders. Read more on our website: https://www.leuphana.de/en/research-centers/lias/news/events/single-view/2025/06/04/lias-film-series-the-bamboo-bridge.html