3rd I presents the San Francisco premiere of

Raat Chali Hai Jhoom Ke (The Long Night)

Pakistan's first digital feature film and not yet shown in Pakistan!

Saturday, September 28, 2002

Doors open at 6:45pm, screening at 7:30pm (Note: Limited seating, arrive early)

Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission Street (near 24th St.)

SF, CA 94110

Admission: $10; GROUP DISCOUNT for 4 or more people ($8/pp)

Advance ticket purchase before 9/25 via check payable to NAATA- 3rd I Project (w/email address) to:

c/o Camille Ramani, 120 Crenshaw Court Pacifica, CA 94044

Raat Chali hai Jhoom KE (94 mins), which has been labeled as "required viewing" by Commonwealth Film Festival is Pakistan’s first-ever digital film made by journalist/independent film maker Hasan Ziadi. The refreshing script is written by Mohammed Hanif, a Newsline reporter, playwright, and current head of BBC's Urdu service.

Waleed is a US educated yuppie who runs a software firm in Karachi. He has also been carrying on a phone affair for the past six months with a woman he has never met but whose charms intrigue him. The night before a vital meeting with Microsoft, the woman invites him to meet her in a run-down market area where she lives. Overcome by lust and adventure, he sets out late at night to visit her. Waleed then experiences a night, the likes of which he has never experienced.