3rd i co-presents new films at CAAMFest 2015, celebrating emerging Asian talents.
Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
Directed by RAVI KUMAR
India / 2014 / Narrative / 96 mins / English, Hindi with English subtitles / 35mm
Narrating the days leading up to the Bhopal disaster in December 1984, director Ravi Kumar brings together notable actors from both Hollywood and Indian cinema to tell the poignant story of the immense pesticide plant gas leak in the heart of the small city of Bhopal, India, in this much-awaited docudrama starring Kal Penn, Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton.
Dates and times
Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain: New People Cinema, March 14, 2015 – 2:30 pm
More info and tickets
http://caamfest.com/2015/films/bhopal-a-prayer-for-rain/
Margarita, With a Straw
Directed by Shonali Bose
India / 2014 / Culture, Gay/Lesbian, Women / 100 mins / English, Hindi with English subtitles / Color
Laila is an aspiring writer and NYU transplant, via Delhi University, whose cerebral palsy is a footnote to her other achievements. When she falls for a fiery female activist, her creative and personal boundaries are tested. Shonali Bose’s (AMU) deeply personal film dazzles with moments of quiet self-discovery and first love, unbound by ability and difference.
Dates and times
Margarita, With a Straw: Castro Theatre, March 15, 2015 – 7:00 pm
More info and tickets
http://caamfest.com/2015/films/margarita-with-a-straw/
Directed by RAVI KAPOOR
NARRATIVE / USA / 2014 / NARRATIVE / 98 MINS
Lily Prasad is a valedictorian who wants to win at all costs — but she’s lost her boyfriend to the reigning Miss India National. She schemes to win him back by winning the beauty pageant herself. This female Frank Underwood rediscovers the importance of family and friends in a hilarious comedy.
Dates and times
Miss India America: New People Cinema, March 14, 2015 – 9:20 pm
Miss India America: New People Cinema, March 18, 2015 – 6:45 pm
Miss India America: New Parkway Theater, March 22, 2015 – 5:00 pm
More info and tickets
http://caamfest.com/2015/films/miss-india-america/
Tough Love
Directed by STEPHANIE WANG-BREAL
DOCUMENTARY / USA / 2014 / FAMILY, REALITY, SOCIAL ISSUE / 83 MINS
Filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal’s documentary follows two parents as they navigate the American child welfare system to reunite their families. The parents work through their individual situations, which include a harrowing maze of conferences, advocates, attorneys and court hearings, all while trying to prove they should be reunited with their children.
Dates and times
Tough Love: New People Cinema, March 15, 2015 – 4:30 pm
New People Cinema, March 17, 2015 – 8:50 pm
More info and tickets
http://caamfest.com/2015/films/tough-love/
