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SUMMARY:3rd i Co-presents at UNAFF 2016
DESCRIPTION:3rd i Films is proud to present two films at the international documentary film festival UNAFF 2016 in Palo Alto. \nPetals in the Dust: The Endangered Indian Girls\n(89 minutes) Canada/India/US [watch trailer] \nWhen: Saturday\, October 22\, 2016\, 2:50 pm\nWhere: Mitchell Park Community Center\, 3700 Middlefield Road\, Palo Alto \nDirector: Nyna Pais Caputi\nProducers: Gino Caputi\, Nyna Pais Caputi \nPetals in the Dust: The Endangered Indian Girls is a filmmaker’s personal journey to understand and shed light on the origins and the enormity of the war against Indian women. The film examines the condition of an endangered class of people living in one of the most populous\, culturally and economic vibrant countries: modern India. They come from all walks of life and share only one common trait: they are female. A patriarchal mindset\, a preference for sons and a deep-seated intolerance has led to the murder of fifty million girls and women in India in the last century. They continue to lose their lives in this century to infanticide\, sex-selective abortions\, starvation and medical neglect\, dowry deaths and brutal gang rapes. The declining female population is also leading to increased crimes against women including trafficking and bride buying. By 2020 there will be twenty percent more men than women in India. The film explores the cultural origins of this vast genocidal crime and includes the voices of activists and gender experts as well survivors of these gender crimes who have struggled to build meaningful lives. By bringing this issue out into the open\, the filmmakers hope to light the spark of resistance to this culture of gender violence and extermination\, mobilize the Indian and international communities into getting involved in ending this “gendercide” and to encourage a new generation of Indian citizens to value and respect their daughters\, wives and the women in the community. \nBiography:\nNyna Pais Caputi has worked on several short award-winning films including DCBA-Desi Confused by America\, Able and Gentle Lovers. She is a Bay Area Video Coalition 2013 media-maker fellow. She also founded the Global Walk for India’s Missing Girls in 2010\, an international awareness campaign on the violence and genocide of Indian women that has taken place in over twenty-five cities and five countries. \n  \n \nThe Learning Alliance\n(9 minutes) Pakistan \nWhen: Saturday\, October 22\, 2016\, 11:15 am\nWhere: Mitchell Park Community Center\, 3700 Middlefield Road\, Palo Alto \nDirector: Muhammad Umar Saeed\nProducers: Muhammad Farrukh Saeed\, Muhammad Umar Saeed \nCollecting garbage to pay their fees for school. Three brothers who are changing their future by studying and at the same time selling garbage in Lahore\, Pakistan. The Learning Alliance is a portrait of children with dreams and their struggle towards achieving them. \nBiography:\nMuhammad Umar Saeed’s documentaries and short films have been screened in film festivals around the globe. Umar was part of the Sesame Street production in Pakistan (a project by USAID). He is also curating and programming film festivals in Lahore. The Learning Alliance is his latest documentary.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-co-presents-at-unaff-2016/
LOCATION:Mitchell Park Community Center\, 3700 Middlefield Rd\, Palo Alto\, 94303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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SUMMARY:The Golden Sita
DESCRIPTION:3rd i Co-presents at the Asian Art Museum \nThe Golden Sita / Kanchana Sita\n(G. Aravindan\, India\, 1977\, 90mins\, In Malayalam with English subtitles) \nWhen: Oct 22\, 2-4pm\nWhere: Asian Art Museum\, Samsung Hall\nCost: Free with Museum Admission \nG. Aravindan’s adaptation of the Ramayana begins where the tale approaches its end: in the Uttara Kandam or The Northern Tales. When Rama decides to do a Ashvamedayagna\, a ritual to invoke the gods in aid of his imperialist intentions\, his abandoned wife is cast as a statue that sits beside him. This is the Golden Sita (or Kanchana Sita) from which the film takes its title. \nWhile the plot might be familiar to connoisseurs of the tale\, Aravindan’s treatment is far from traditional. Following the contours of C. N. Sreekantan Nair’s feminist play\, Aravindan makes Sita the protagonist of this retelling\, and in a stroke of genius\, casts her as Nature itself. As Rama meanders through the forest\, leading up to the eventual showdown with his own two sons\, Sita is always present – as the earth beneath his feet\, as the sun shining down on him\, as the wind in the trees. Against this sensual backdrop\, Rama’s journey is presented as that of a man at the end of his life\, taking stock of his legacy. Confronted by Sita’s absence\, and presence\, in his every step\, Rama’s grief is inconsolable\, leading to a striking conclusion. \nWith a cast of non-professional actors\, drawn largely from the Rama Chenchu tribe (who claim to be direct descendants of Rama himself)\, and lensing by the acclaimed Malayalam filmmaker Shaji N. Karun\, Aravindan’s adaptation is poetry itself\, uncompromising in its cinematic vision and unflinching in its indictment of patriarchy\, caste\, and superstition. The film won two national awards in 1977\, for Best Direction and Best Cinematography\, cementing G. Aravindan’s place as a master of Indian cinema. \nWe present this little-seen gem in its recently digitally restored glory\, thanks to the National Film Archive of India. \nMore information on the program is available at: http://www.asianart.org/events/993?starttime=1474009200
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-films-co-presents-at-the-asian-art-museum/
LOCATION:Asian Art Museum\, Samsung Hall\, 200 Larkin St\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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