3rd i co-presents "Hotel Salvation" at SFFilm Festival 2017
2017-04-07 20:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Hotel Salvation
Directed by Shubhashish Bhutiani
India 2016 / 99 min / Hindi with English Subtitles
In Shubhashish Bhutiani’s winning debut feature, 77-year-old Dayanand sees his coming death in a dream and insists that his business-minded son take him to a hotel in the holy city of Varanasi. A moving and bittersweet drama that gracefully captures societal customs in India surrounding death and family, and is based on real hotels that administer such services. Hotel Salvation’s gentle rhythms and beautiful setting allow us to join these characters in contemplating the big questions in life—and death.
Date & Time: April 6, 3 pm at SFMOMA and
April 7, 8:15 pm at Roxie Theater
For tickets and information: http://www.sffilm.org/festival/lineup/hotel-salvation

3rd i co-presents "The Cinema Travellers" at SFFilm Festival 2017
2017-04-09 18:00 | SFMOMA, 151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
The Cinema Travellers
Directed by Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
India 2016, 96 min
Hindi, Marathi with English Subtitles
A moving homage to the bygone era of celluloid, The Cinema Travellers captures the splendor of the moving image through India’s traveling movie caravans. Shot over five years, this intimate documentary takes the viewer on a cinematic journey joining the undaunted technicians, the projectionists who create movie magic, and the boisterous, overflowing crowd that await at each stop. The seeds for the film were planted by director Amit Madheshiya’s award-winning 2010 photography show of these mobile cinemas. That experience inspired Madheshiya and co-director Shirly Abraham to join the circuit with Akshay Touring Talkies company.
Expected Guests in Attendance: Directors Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya expected to attend April 9th.
Date & Time: April 9, 6pm at SFMOMA
For tickets and information: http://www.sffilm.org/festival/lineup/the-cinema-travellers

3rd i co-presents Shah Rukh Khan in Person!!! at SFFilm Festival 2017
2017-04-14 20:30 | Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
A Conversation with SRK and screening of his film My Name is Khan
Shah Rukh Khan in Conversation: Shah Rukh Khan is not only one of India’s biggest-ever stars, his fame has transcended borders and brought him worldwide acclaim. Join powerhouse director-producer Brett Ratner for a conversation with Khan about his three-decade Bollywood career, followed by a screening of My Name Is Khan (2010).
My Name is Khan
Directed by Karan Johar
India 2010/165 min

My Name is Khan is an epic drama that tackles the subject of post 9/11 prejudice in America, as seen through the eyes of Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan), a devout Muslim who ends up on a cross-country Quest to meet the President. The film has musical numbers and underlying messages of tolerance, unconditional love, and truth-seeking which are all worth celebrating in theses challenging times…. especially with Shah Rukh Khan, in person.
Expected Guests in Attendance: Shah Rukh Khan in person!
Date & Time: April 14, 8:30 pm at the Castro Theatre
For tickets and information: http://www.sffilm.org/festival/lineup/a-tribute-to-shah-rukh-khan-my-name-is-khan

3rd i Co-presents "Kalpana" at BAMPFA
2017-05-06 15:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
3rd i co-presents two films at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).
Kalpana
Saturday, May 6 – 3 PM
Uday Shankar
India, 1948
Digital Restoration
This gorgeous experimental drama, the only film by celebrated dancer Uday Shankar (brother of Ravi Shankar), is the semi-autobiographical story of a young man’s dream to establish an arts academy in the Himalayas.
Introduction by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Celluloid Man
Saturday, May 6 – 6:30 PM
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
India, 2012
Archival Print
Celebrate a passion for film with this portrait of the pioneering efforts of film preservationist P. K. Nair, who founded the National Film Archive of India in 1964. “One of the best movies ever made about cinema ” (Mark Cousins).
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur in person

3rd i Co-presents "Celluloid Man" at BAMPFA
2017-05-06 18:30 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
3rd i co-presents two films at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).
Celluloid Man
Saturday, May 6 – 6:30 PM
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
India, 2012
Archival Print
Celebrate a passion for film with this portrait of the pioneering efforts of film preservationist P. K. Nair, who founded the National Film Archive of India in 1964. “One of the best movies ever made about cinema ” (Mark Cousins).
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur in person
Kalpana
Saturday, May 6 – 3 PM
Uday Shankar
India, 1948
Digital Restoration
This gorgeous experimental drama, the only film by celebrated dancer Uday Shankar (brother of Ravi Shankar), is the semi-autobiographical story of a young man’s dream to establish an arts academy in the Himalayas.
Introduction by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

3rd i Films co-presents at Queer Women of Color Film Festival
2017-06-09 19:30 | Brava Theater Center, 2789 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
QWOCMAP’s 13th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival will premiere 28 films in four screenings. The “Beloved Community” Festival Focus includes an “Unleash The Power” conversation on collective self-care for challenging political times. From the resilient wisdom of LBTQ people of color to the power of prayer for a young Muslim woman and a young Black Christian woman, these films encourage communities to find their squad and unleash their super powers to create change. All films are Subtitled for the Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing and ASL interpretation will be provided along with many other forms of disability access.
Opening Night: sadāqa by Neelu Bhuman
The immense strength of friendship among Asian women transcends borders in sadāqa.
Part of the “Beloved Community” program, 7:30 pm, Friday, June 9, 2017.
Closing Night: Gumshuda (The Missing) by Monica James
The mystery of Gumshuda (The Missing) activates a South Asian woman filmmaker’s odyssey to the unlikely temple of Goludev.
Part of the “Tenacious for Love” program, 6:00 pm, Sunday, June 11, 2017.
Closing Night: To Be Me by Reva P
An action figure of Captain America unleashes new ways To Be Me.
Part of the “Tenacious for Love” program, 6:00 pm, Sunday, June 11, 2017.
All screenings at the Brava Theater Center
2789 24th Street @ York Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

3rd i is proud to co-present three films at Frameline 41
2017-06-18 08:00 - 2017-06-23 18:30
ABU (Father)
Director: Arshad Khan
Growing up in a modern yet traditional Muslim family in Pakistan,
Arshad Khan couldn’t confide his attraction to boys. His moving journey
to self-acceptance, told through home movies, animation, film clips, and
pop songs, began after the family immigrated to Canada.
Canada/2017/95m
Castro Theatre: Thursday, June 22, 3:30 PM
More information and tickets: https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/abu

GIRL UNBOUND
Director: Erin Heidenreich
The top-ranked female squash player in Pakistan, Maria Toorpakai has been a target of Taliban death threats since the age of sixteen. Through both peril and perseverance, she dares to defy those who seek to contain or categorize her.
Canada, Pakistan, USA/2016/80m
Castro Theatre: Sunday, June 18, 1:30 PM
Landmark Theater Piedmont: Friday, June 23, 7PM
More information and tickets: https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/girl-unbound

SIGNATURE MOVE
Director: Jennifer Reeders
A closeted Muslim lawyer and a free-spirited Chicana bookstore owner find common ground in this heartfelt and funny film about how modern romance can arise from a path steeped in tradition.
USA/2017/80m
Castro Theatre: Friday, June 23,6:30 PM
Landmark Theater Piedmont: Saturday, June 24, 6:45 PM
More information and tickets: https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/signature-move

3rd i Co-Presents ‘’Little Stones’’ at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
2017-07-24 14:15 | Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
From a graffiti artist speaking out against domestic violence in the favelas of Brazil to a dancer rehabilitating sex-trafficking survivors in India, Little Stones profiles four women, each of whom are contributing a stone to the mosaic of the women’s movement through their art. These four artists show that the world is full of little stones waiting to be discovered.
This 87-minute documentary directed by Sophia Kruz and cinematographer Meena Singh (20 FEET FROM STARDOM, HOLLIDAYSBURG), with music by Amritha Vaz (500 DAYS OF SUMMER) was produced over a period of 18 months in Senegal, Kenya, Brazil, Germany, India and USA.
One of the artists featured, SOHINI CHAKRABORTY, from India, developed a program of contemporary movement therapy to begin to heal victims of sex trafficking without using words.
July 24, 2:15 PM, Castro Theatre, San Francisco
August 3, 2:00 PM, Albany Twin, Albany
For more information and tickets: https://sfjff.org/films/film-guide/little-stones

THE HATE MAN, STREET PHILOSOPHER: Free Outdoor Screening
2017-08-26 14:00 - 14:40 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
The City of Berkeley and BAM/PFA will hold a FREE outdoor screening of documentary film, The Hate Man, Street Philosopher, directed by Ivan Jaigirdar
The Hate Man, Street Philosopher is a quirky, entertaining and moving portrait of a Berkeley street philosopher called the “Hate Man”. This 33-minute documentary explores Hate Man’s enigmatic life, including why he chose to quit his job as a successful New York Times journalist, drop out of mainstream society and live in the streets.
Challenging conventional notions of success, conformity, progress and morality, “Hate” lucidly discusses and defends his own “downward mobility” and personal theories of human communication. He emphasizes the importance of acknowledging negativity and critiques the positivist bias of American mass culture. Incorporating scenes of Hate’s acerbic, playful and witty heckling, the film investigates and addresses the religious, cultural and ideological paradoxes of a world where the Preachers of “love” damn us to hell, and the self-named “Hate Man” and his followers teach caring and an acceptance of diversity.
The film will be the centerpiece of an event to celebrate and commemorate beloved Berkeley figure, “Hate Man.” Other activities will include the presentation of a proclamation in his honor.
SPONSORS: Sponsored by Berkeley Council member Kriss Worthington, Council member Kate Harrison, Midnites for Maniacs, Artists’ Television Access and 3rd i Films.
Date: Saturday, August 26th, 2017
Time: 2PM
Location: BAM/PFA, 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA
outdoor screening
FREE

3rd co-presents Amit Dutta’s Cinematic Museum at BAMPFA
2017-09-03 17:00
Presented in conjunction with the BAMPFA exhibition Divine Visions, Earthly Pleasures: Five Hundred Years of Indian Painting, Amit Dutta’s Cinematic Museum is a series of films exploring the visual arts of India.
More info/tickets at: http://bampfa.org/program/amit-dutta’s-cinematic-museum
Even Red Can Be Sad
Sunday, September 3, 5 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, 2015
An intricately mosaicked portrait of nonagenarian artist Ram Kumar at home and in the studio. With short Chitrashala, which brings to life a series of painted tableaus in a former palace.
Tickets

Nainsukh
Wednesday, September 6, 7 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, Switzerland, 2010
Dutta painstakingly recreates the eighteenth-century artist Nainsukh’s brilliant miniature paintings through sumptuous compositions set amid palace ruins.
With Museum of Imagination: A Portrait in Absentia, on the great art historian B. N. Goswamy.
Tickets

The Seventh Walk
Thursday, September 7, 7 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, 2013
Dutta returns to northern India’s Kangra Valley to consider the region’s legends, folk tales, and rich visual arts through the creative process of the contemporary landscape painter Paramjit Singh.
With Dutta’s dreamlike short To Be Continued.
Tickets

Amit Dutta: Three Shorts on Indian Painting
Friday, September 8, 4 PM
Continuing the exploration begun in Nainsukh, three shorts—Gita Govinda, Field-Trip, and Scenes from a Sketchbook—see Dutta experimenting with radically different approaches to the master and his artistic descendants.
Tickets

The Unknown Craftsman
Sunday, September 10, 5 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, 2017
Sneak Preview!
Dutta’s magical new film follows an eighth-century architect across the lower Himalayas in search of a temple site, a voyage that becomes a spiritual quest. With short The Future of Cinema.
Tickets

"Even Red Can Be Sad " at BAMPFA
2017-09-03 17:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
Even Red Can Be Sad
Sunday, September 3, 5 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, 2015
An intricately mosaicked portrait of nonagenarian artist Ram Kumar at home and in the studio. With short Chitrashala, which brings to life a series of painted tableaus in a former palace.
Tickets

"Nainsukh " at BAMPFA
2017-09-06 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
Nainsukh
Wednesday, September 6, 7 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, Switzerland, 2010
Dutta painstakingly recreates the eighteenth-century artist Nainsukh’s brilliant miniature paintings through sumptuous compositions set amid palace ruins.
With Museum of Imagination: A Portrait in Absentia, on the great art historian B. N. Goswamy.
More Info
Tickets

The Seventh Walk at BAMPFA
2017-09-07 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
The Seventh Walk
Thursday, September 7, 7 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, 2013
Dutta returns to northern India’s Kangra Valley to consider the region’s legends, folk tales, and rich visual arts through the creative process of the contemporary landscape painter Paramjit Singh.
With Dutta’s dreamlike short To Be Continued.
More info
Tickets

Amit Dutta: Three Shorts on Indian Painting at BAMPFA
2017-09-08 16:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
Amit Dutta: Three Shorts on Indian Painting
Friday, September 8, 4 PM
Continuing the exploration begun in Nainsukh, three shorts—Gita Govinda, Field-Trip, and Scenes from a Sketchbook—see Dutta experimenting with radically different approaches to the master and his artistic descendants.
More info
Tickets

"The Unknown Craftsman"
2017-09-10 17:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
The Unknown Craftsman
Sunday, September 10, 5 PM
Amit Dutta,  India, 2017
Sneak Preview!
Dutta’s magical new film follows an eighth-century architect across the lower Himalayas in search of a temple site, a voyage that becomes a spiritual quest. With short The Future of Cinema.
More info
Tickets

The New Talkies
2017-09-22 20:00 | Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
An evening-length program featuring live film narrations by Jaime Cortez, Douglas Kearney and Nicole McJamerson, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Konrad Steiner, Jennifer Tamayo, Anuj Vaidja, and Stalina Emmanuelle Villarrea at Artists’ Television Access in the Mission. Arrive early, as this will be a full-house event! $10 admission.
Organized by Konrad Steiner and Anuj Vaidja, co-sponsored by The Poetry Center and Artists’ Television Access.
This evening of neo-benshi performances will consist of screening several film clips (short edits from feature films or other mass media) re-narrated live for the audience. Scripts are written and performed by authors from the Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, and Houston to short excerpts from such blockbusters as The Sound of Music; the Mexican feature, Lola La Trailera (Lola the Truck Driver); the animated series Dora, the Explorer; and the obscure The Assassination of Trotsky; to the cult classic Carnival of Souls.
When: Friday, Sep 22, 8pm
Where: Artists’ Television Access
Cost: $10 (cash at the door)
More info: http://www.atasite.org/?p=11709

Second screening of "The Hate Man" doc
2017-09-24 19:00 | Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Come celebrate all things “Hate Man” on what would have been the 81st birthday weekend of a person many felt was the nucleus of Berkeley’s street life for the past 50 years.
3rd i Films, MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS, and ATA co-present the 33-minute director’s cut of Ivan Jaigirdar’s The Hate Man, Street Philosopher (2002, director Ivan Jaigirdar) along with a slew of shorts and clips.
“This moving portrait of a Berkeley street philosopher explores the Hate Man’s enigmatic life, including why, thirty years ago, he chose to quit his job as a successful New York Times journalist, drop out of mainstream society and live in the streets. Challenging conventional notions of success, conformity, progress and morality, ‘Hate’ lucidly discusses and defends his own ‘downward mobility’ and personal theories of human communication among countless other issues.” Introduced by his nephew Jesse Hawthorne Ficks.
September 24, Sunday, 7:30 pm – The Hate Man Lives

3rd i Co-presents "Capitalism"--Episodes 1 & 2
2017-11-24 20:00 | Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Capitalism has been the engine of unprecedented economic growth and social transformation. With the fall of the communist states and the triumph of “neo- liberalism,” capitalism is by far the world’s dominant ideology. But how much do we understand about how it originated, and what makes it work?
CAPITALISM is an ambitious and accessible six-part documentary series that looks at both the history of ideas and the social forces that have shaped the capitalist world.
Blending interviews with some of the world’s great historians, economists, anthropologists, and social critics , with on-the-ground footage shot in twenty-two countries, CAPITALISM questions the myth of the unfettered free market, explores the nature of debt and commodities, and retraces some of the great economic debates of the last 200 years.
Episode 1: Adam Smith, The Birth of the Free Market
52 min
Capitalism is much more complex than the vision Adam Smith laid out in The Wealth of Nations. Indeed, it predates Smith by centuries and took root in the practices of colonialism and the slave trade.
Episode 2: The Wealth of Nations: A New Gospel?
52 min
Adam Smith was both economist and moral philosopher. But his work on morality is largely forgotten, leading to tragic distortions that have shaped our global economic system.
When: Friday, November 24th , 8pm (Black Friday)
Where: ATA, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Co-Presented by ATA and 3rd i Films
Cost: Free
More information: www.atasite.org

3rd i Films copresents: South Asia Film Festival
2018-01-20 | CA, United States
3rd i Films copresents:
South Asia Film Festival
January 20, 2018
University of California, Davis

A South Asia Without Borders Initiative
@ International House (10 College Park, Davis, CA 95616)
10am Chillar Party
Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl (India, 2011, 145mins)
A gang of innocent but feisty kids take on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend’s life is endangered.
1pm Stand-Up Planet
David Munro (USA, 2014, 75mins)
Hasan Minhaj showcases some of the best international comedians who shine a light on issues of gender, race, and poverty.
3pm The Journey Within
Mian Adnan Ahmad (Pakistan, 2015, 78mins)
Followed by skype Q&A with filmmaker
Pakistani musicians go on a quest for self-identity post 9/11, and reclaim their musical heritage in this documentary about the origins of ‘Coke Studios’
@ Varsity Theater, Davis (616 2nd St, Davis, CA 95616)
6pm Tiger
Alister Grierson (USA, 2017, 90 minutes)
Followed by Q&A with cast/crew
Biopic about the famous South Asian Canadian professional boxer, Pradeep Nagra, who fought to maintain his identity and civil rights in the US.
More information on ticketing coming soon!

3rd i and ATA present: "Capitalism"--Episodes 3 & 4
2018-01-26 19:00 | Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
3rd i and ATA present:
Capitalism–Episodes 3 & 4
When: Friday, January 26, 7:00 pm
Where: Artists’ Television Access,
992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Free screening
3rd i and ATA screened Capitalism episode 1 and 2 late last year, and now we’re screening Episodes 3 and 4 of ‘Capitalism’, directed by Ilan Ziv. There will be an introduction, going over the key points of Episode 1 & 2 before we screen Episode 3 & 4.
Here’s a brief rundown of the episodes:
Capitalism has been the engine of unprecedented economic growth and social transformation. With the fall of the communist states and the triumph of “neo- liberalism,” capitalism is by far the world’s dominant ideology. But how much do we understand about how it originated, and what makes it work?
Capitalism: A Six-Part Series (2015), directed by Ilan Ziv, blending interviews with some of the world’s great historians, economists, anthropologists, and social critics, including Vandana Shiva (India), Episode 4 Author, Environmental Activist, India, Dr. Aseem Shrivastava (India), Episode 4, Enviornmental Economist, with on-the-ground footage shot in twenty-two countries, it questions the myth of the unfettered free market, explores the nature of debt and commodities, and retraces some of the great economic debates of the last 200 years.
Episode 1: Adam Smith, The Birth of the Free Market
Capitalism is much more complex than the vision Adam Smith laid out in The Wealth of Nations. Indeed, it predates Smith by centuries and took root in the practices of colonialism and the slave trade.
Episode 2: The Wealth of Nations: A New Gospel?
Adam Smith was both economist and moral philosopher. But his work on morality is largely forgotten, leading to tragic distortions that have shaped our global economic system.
Episode 3: Ricardo and Malthus: Did You Say Freedom?
The roots of today’s global trade agreements lie in the work of stockbroker David Ricardo and demographer Thomas Malthus. Together, they would restructure society in the image of the market.
Episode 4: What If Marx Was Right?
Have we gotten Marx wrong by focusing on the Communist Manifesto instead of on his critique of how capitalism works – a critique that is relevant and as penetrating as ever?

3rd i Films & ATA present: "Capitalism," Episodes 5 & 6
2018-02-22 19:30 | Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
When: Thursday, February 22, 7:30 pm
Where: Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Free screening
In recent months, 3rd i and ATA screened Capitalism, Episodes 1, 2, 3 & 4, directed by Ilan Ziv. On Thursday February 22nd, the final two episodes, 5 & 6, will be screened.
There will be an introduction, going over the key points of Episodes 1 & 2 and 3 & 4, before we screen Episodes 5 & 6.
Here’s a brief rundown of the episodes:
Capitalism has been the engine of unprecedented economic growth and social transformation. With the fall of the communist states and the triumph of “neo- liberalism,” capitalism is by far the world’s dominant ideology. But how much do we understand about how it originated, and what makes it work?
CAPITALISM is an ambitious and accessible six-part documentary series that looks at both the history of ideas and the social forces that have shaped the capitalist world.
Blending interviews with some of the world’s great historians, economists, anthropologists, and social critics , with on-the-ground footage shot in twenty-two countries, CAPITALISM questions the myth of the unfettered free market, explores the nature of debt and commodities, and retraces some of the great economic debates of the last 200 years.
Episode 1: Adam Smith, The Birth of the Free Market
52 min
Capitalism is much more complex than the vision Adam Smith laid out in The Wealth of Nations. Indeed, it predates Smith by centuries and took root in the practices of colonialism and the slave trade.
Episode 2: The Wealth of Nations: A New Gospel?
52 min
Adam Smith was both economist and moral philosopher. But his work on morality is largely forgotten, leading to tragic distortions that have shaped our global economic system.

Episode 3: Ricardo and Malthus: Did You Say Freedom?The roots of today’s global trade agreements lie in the work of stockbroker David Ricardo and demographer Thomas Malthus. Together, they would restructure society in the image of the market.
Episode 4: What If Marx Was Right?Have we gotten Marx wrong by focusing on the Communist Manifesto instead of on his critique of how capitalism works – a critique that is relevant and as penetrating as ever?
Episode 5: Keynes vs Hayek: A Fake Debate?The ideological divide between the philosophies of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek has dominated economics for nearly a century. Is it time for the pendulum to swing back to Keynes? Or do we need a whole new approach that goes beyond this dualism?
Episode 6: Karl Polanyi, The Human FactorAn exploration of the life and work of Karl Polanyi, who sought to reintegrate society and economy. Could the commodification of labour and money ultimately be as disastrous as floods, drought and earthquakes?

CAPITALISM is an impressive series that makes economics accessible through an interdisciplinary approach that explores the work of great thinkers, while embedding economics in specific social, political, and historical contexts. The series can be watched as a whole, but each episode also stands alone.
The series features some of the world’s top economists, historians, anthropologists, and sociologists, including Thomas Piketty, Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis, Nicholas Phillipson, Kari Polanyi Levitt, David Graeber, and Abraham Rotstein and Vandana Shiva and,Dr. Aseem Shrivastava.
Door 7pm

More information: www.atasite.org

3rd i Presents "A Suitable Girl"
2018-03-31 14:00 | Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
A SUITABLE GIRL
Directed by Sarita Khurana & Smriti Mundhra
Winner of the Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director, at the Tribeca International Film Festival, 2017
Director will be present for Q & A
When: Saturday March 31st but at 2pm
Where: ATA, 992 Valencia Street , San Francisco, CA 94110
Cost: $7 general, and $5 for students, tickets available at the door
A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. Ritu, Dipti and Amrita represent the new India. Educated, financially stable and raised with a mix of traditional and contemporary values in the urban cities of Mumbai and New Delhi, they have access to the world in ways their mothers did not. Yet their lives take a dramatic turn when the pressure to settle down and get married hits. Career aspirations become secondary to the pursuit of a husband, and the women struggle with the prospect of leaving their homes and families to become part of another.
Documenting the arranged marriage and matchmaking process in vérité over four years, the film examines the women’s complex relationships with the marriage, family, and culture; the many nuanced ways society molds them into traditional roles; and a rarely-seen portrait of India’s urban middle class.

3rd i Films Co-presents MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. at the 2018 SFFILM Festival
2018-04-06 20:30 | Roxie Theater, 94103
3rd i Films is excited to co-present MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. at the 2018 SFFILM Festival.
MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A
Directed by Steve Loveridge, 2018, running time 95 min
Can a pop star also be a revolutionary? This dichotomy, among others, is explored in this wide-ranging documentary about internationally renowned musician M.I.A. Told almost exclusively with footage that she herself shot, the film follows the genre-busting singer from her teenage years in London to her controversial Super Bowl performance and beyond, revealing how her struggles with fame and fortune lie alongside her unfaltering commitment to bring political awareness to her home country of Sri Lanka.
Friday, April 6, 2018
8:30 p.m. Roxie Theater
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
9:00 p.m. Grand Lake Theater
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
1:00 p.m. Roxie Theater
More information and tickets: https://www.sffilm.org/2018-sffilm-festival/festival-calendar/matangi-maya-mia

3rd i Films Co-presents "The Next Guardian" at the 2018 SFFILM Festival
2018-04-08 14:00 | YBCA Screening Room, 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
3rd i Films is excited to co-present “The Next Guardian” at the 2018 SFFILM Festival.
The Next Guardian
directed by Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
2017, running time 74 min
In the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, teenage siblings Gyembo and Tashi share a passion for soccer, Facebook, and girls. Gyembo enjoys reading classmates’ Facebook posts while Tashi turns heads with her confident, boyish demeanor.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
2:00 p.m. YBCA Screening Room
Friday, April 13, 2018
6:30 p.m. Creativity Theater
Sunday, April 15, 2018
1:00 p.m. SFMOMA
More information and tickets: https://www.sffilm.org/2018-sffilm-festival/festival-calendar/the-next-guardian

3rd i Co-presents MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. at the 2018 SFFILM Festival
2018-04-10 21:00 | Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA, 94610, United States

3rd i Films Co-presents "The Next Guardian" @ 2018 SFFILM Festival
2018-04-13 18:30 | Creativity Theater, 221 4th Street (at Howard Street), San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
3rd i Films is excited to co-present The Next Guardian at the 2018 SFFILM Festival.
The Next Guardian
directed by Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
2017, running time 74 min
In the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, teenage siblings Gyembo and Tashi share a passion for soccer, Facebook, and girls. Gyembo enjoys reading classmates’ Facebook posts while Tashi turns heads with her confident, boyish demeanor.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
2:00 p.m. YBCA Screening Room
Friday, April 13, 2018
6:30 p.m. Creativity Theater
Sunday, April 15, 2018
1:00 p.m. SFMOMA
More information and tickets: https://www.sffilm.org/2018-sffilm-festival/festival-calendar/the-next-guardian

3rd i co-presents at Spring Family Day!
2018-04-15 12:30 | Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
3rd i Films joins a day-long schedule of South Asian Cultural events for spring at the Palo Alto Art Center. The program is presented in partnership with the Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India (SACHI) and the Palo Alto Art Center (PAAC).
SPRING FAMILY DAY
FREE!
Sunday, April 15, 12:30–4:30 p.m.
Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Join us for an afternoon of hands-on artmaking projects, with a musical performance, a film screening, and a scavenger hunt, at the Palo Alto Art Center! Activities are appropriate for ages 5 through adult.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:30 p.m. Film screening: The World of Goopi and Bagha (Goopi Gawaiya, Bagha Bajaiya), 79 minutes, English subtitles.
An animated adaptation of one of Indian master Satyajit Ray’s most beloved works, this colorful film follows the hilarious misadventures of Goopi and Bagha, two tuneless musicians banished from their villages for their cacophonous music. Presented at the 3rd i SF International South Asian Film Festival 2017.

2-4 p.m. Artmaking activities led by Art Center teaching artists: Sari Squares, Elegant Elephants, and Luminous Landscapes
3 p.m. Raavan – Retelling of an Indian epic
Staged reading based on the epic Indian poem Ramayana.
4-4:30 p.m. Live performance with Stanford Raagapella
Stanford Raagapella, Stanford’s South-Asian-focused a cappella group, captures the essence and emotion of music from South Asia to share with people of all cultures.

3rd i Films Co-presents "The Next Guardian" at the 2018 SFFILM Festival
2018-04-15 13:00 | SFMOMA, 151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States

3rd i Films Co-presents MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. @ 2018 SFFILM Festival
2018-04-17 13:00 | Roxie Theater, 94103

3rd i Co-presents HALF WIDOW at CAAMFEST 36
2018-05-13 12:10 | AMC Kabuki 8, 1881 Post St, San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States
3rd i Co presents HALF WIDOW at CAAMFEST 36
Directed by Danish Renzu, India (91 min)
Inspired by the life of activist Parveena Ahanger, HALF WIDOW is a story of loss and self-actualization amidst the tense backdrop of the Kashmir conflict between China, India, and Pakistan. When Neela’s husband disappears from their home in Srinagar, she goes in search of answers and a means to tell his story. Danish Renzu’s feature highlights the devastation and upheaval experienced by women and children living in the world’s most militarized zone.
When: May 13th, 12:10 PM AND May 16th, 9:00 PM
Where: AMC Kabuki 8
$14 general
More info: https://caamfest.com/2018/films/half-widow/
