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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130517T193000
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SUMMARY:3rd i presents "From Mutiny to Bengali Harlem: Stories of the Diaspora"
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n(aka “Vivek Bald’s Films and Stories”)\nVivek Bald\, writer\, filmmaker\, and MIT professor\, reads from his new book Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America and presents clips from his work-in-progress\, the film In Search of Bengali Harlem\, and an excerpt from his rarely seen 2003 documentary Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music\, about South Asian youth\, music\, and anti-racist activism in 1970s-90s Britain. \nVivek Bald in person \nSan Francisco event\nWhen: Friday\, May 17\, 7:30 pm\nWhere: New People Cinema\, Japantown\n1746 Post St.\, San Francisco\, CA 94115\nCost: $12\nBuy tickets online! \nThe program lasts for 1.5 hours. \nMore details below. \n \nMutiny: Asians Storm British Music (dir. Vivek Bald\, 2003)\nCombining music documentary and social documentary\, Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music charts the meteoric rise of South Asian electronic music in 1990s Britain\, focusing particularly on the decades of cultural cross-pollination and political struggle that led up to that pivotal decade. Shot independently on digital video between 1996 and 2002\, Mutiny features Asian Dub Foundation\, Talvin Singh\, Fun^Da^Mental\, Anjali\, State of Bengal\, and many others\, documenting a crucial moment in the cultural and political coming-of-age of Asian Britain. \n“Concert footage\, TV clips\, interviews and more are briskly interwoven into an energetic documentary.” –Variety \n“Great fun – a journey through some of the most historic moments of the diasporic musical movement.”\n–Gurinder Chadha\, Bend It Like Beckham\nBengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America\n(Harvard University Press\, 2013) \n \nIn the final years of the nineteenth century\, small groups of Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island every summer\, bags heavy with embroidered silks from their home villages in Bengal. The American demand for “Oriental goods” took these migrants on a curious path\, from New Jersey’s beach boardwalks into the heart of the segregated South. Two decades later\, hundreds of Indian Muslim seamen began jumping ship in New York and Baltimore\, escaping the engine rooms of British steamers to find less brutal work onshore. As factory owners sought their labor and anti-Asian immigration laws closed in around them\, these men built clandestine networks that stretched from the northeastern waterfront across the industrial Midwest. \nThe stories of these early working-class migrants vividly contrast with our typical understanding of immigration. At a time when Asian immigrants were vilified and criminalized\, Bengali Muslims quietly became part of some of America’s most iconic neighborhoods of color\, from Tremé in New Orleans to Black Bottom\, Detroit\, from West Baltimore to Harlem.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-presents-from-mutiny-to-bengali-harlem-stories-of-the-diaspora/
LOCATION:New People Cinema\, 1746 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130510
DTSTAMP:20260403T104249
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180808T024239Z
UID:1809-1367452800-1368143999@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:3rd i co-presents at SFIFF
DESCRIPTION:Salma\nDirected by Kim Longinotto \nVeteran British documentarian Kim Longinotto’s latest work is the remarkable story of Salma\, a South Indian Muslim woman who endured a 25-year imprisonment and forced marriage by her own family and in-laws before embarking on a political career and national renown as the most famous female poet in the Tamil language. (England/India\, 2013\, 90 min) \nWhen/Where\nThursday\, May 2\, 6:15 PM – Sundance Kabuki Cinemas\nSaturday\, May 4\, 2:00 PM – Pacific Film Archive\nSunday\, May 5\, 3:45 PM – New People Cinema \n \nThe Last Step\nDirected by Ali Mosaffa \nA Tehran engineer who’s mysteriously died\, his actress wife (Leila Hatami of A Separation) and their physician friend form an ambiguous triangle in actor/director/writer Ali Mosaffa’s fascinating Iranian feature. It’s an enigmatic drama in which time and truth are slippery beasts whose gamesmanship nonetheless never lacks for emotional connection. (Iran 2012\, 88 min) New Directors Prize Contender \nWhen/Where\nSaturday\, May 4\, 7:00 PM – New People Cinema\nWednesday\, May 8\, 6:15 PM – New People Cinema\nThursday\, May 9\, 1:00 PM – New People Cinema \nFor more information\, visit the SFIFF website.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/1809/
LOCATION:Various
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130406T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130406T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130815T122119Z
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UID:1610-1365247800-1365271200@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:3rd i Films is pleased to present Art for Partition
DESCRIPTION:A FREE event  –  April 6\, 2013 \nPresented by 1947 Archive \nDiscover untold stories of South Asia’s 1947 Partition. Engage through lectures\, discussions\, music\, poetry and art. Support the preservation of first-hand accounts by bidding on donated art works or attending the benefit luncheon. \nWhen:\n11:30 am – Benefit Luncheon | Buy tickets\n2:00 pm – FREE Event – Understanding Partition | Reserve Free tickets\n4:00 pm – FREE Film Screening – Earth 1947 | Limited Seating – Reserve Now! \nWhere: UC Berkeley Skydeck | 2150 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\nEnjoy stunning 360-degree bay views from the penthouse ballroom. \nView the art gallery online! | Browse and bid now | Ends April 6 @ 6:30 pm \nFurther info here.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-films-is-pleased-to-present-art-for-partition/
LOCATION:UC Berkeley Skydeck\, 2150 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130404T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130404T190000
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UID:1605-1365102000-1365102000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:3rd i Films & AIF co-present an evening of Films and discussion on Education in India
DESCRIPTION:AIF (American India Foundation) in association with 3rd i Films presents two short films followed by discussion. \nFilms: Lucky\, directed by Avie Luthra and Kunjo\, directed by Terrie Samundra (more info below). \nWhen: Thursday\, April 4th\, 7pm – 8:30pm\nWhere: ATA\, 992 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94110\nTickets: Available on the night of the event\, at the door. \nLucky\nDirected by Avie Luthra\, 20 min (UK/South Africa) \nLucky is an AIDS orphan desperate to leave his rural Zulu village in South Africa for the bright lights of Durban\, and also to get an education there. He is full of excitement and hope but Lucky has to learn about life the hard way\, not through school or education but through an unlikely bond with a prejudiced Indian elderly women. \n*Lucky has won 43 international film festival awards and was shortlisted for an Oscar. \nKunjo\nDirected by Terrie Samundra\, 25 min (US/India) \n\nForced to work to support her family\, Kunjo\, a 12-year-old refugee\, spends her days begging on the streets. When an unlikely friendship blossoms with Preeta\, an educated school girl from a higher caste\, Kunjo reveals her secret passion for storytelling. Faced with betrayal and the complexity of an unconventional friendship\, will Kunjo stand up for herself or submit to her place in society? \n*Winner\, Best Narrative Short\, Athens International Film Festival.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-films-aif-co-present-an-evening-of-films-and-discussion-on-education-in-india/
LOCATION:Artists’ Television Access\, 992 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130324
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20131002T114132Z
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UID:1827-1363478400-1364083199@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:3rd i co-presents films at CAAMFest 2013
DESCRIPTION:3rd i is pleased to co-present\, with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)\, three films at CAAMFest in San Francisco\, an 11-day celebration of film\, music\, food and digital media from the world’s most innovative Asian and Asian American artists. \nThe Reluctant Fundamentalist: Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist chronicles the life of a Pakistani man altered by 9/11. From New York City in 2001 to Lahore ten years later\, Changez (Riz Ahmed) loses his grip on the American Dream and ends up disillusioned with the country he used to love.\nMarch 17\, 2013\n12:00 pm\nCastro Theatre\, San Francisco \nReluctant Fundamentalist Panel\nMarch 23\, 2013\n4:00 pm.\nUnion Bank Community Room\, San Francisco \nMidnight’s Children: Auteur Deepa Mehta (Water\, SFIAAFF ’06) returns to the festival with her much-anticipated collaboration with writer Salman Rushdie\, an adaptation of his award-winning novel Midnight’s Children. Born at the exact moment of India’s independence\, Saleem leads “midnight’s children\,” those born in India’s first hour\, all with magical powers.\nMarch 17\, 2013\n6:00 pm\nCastro Theatre\, San Francisco \nDosa Hunt: What happens when you put pianist Vijay Iyer\, music critic Amrit Singh\, and members of Das Racist\, Vampire Weekend\, Yea-sayer and Neon Indian into an Indian disco van to track down NYC’s best dosa? Plenty of Bobby Jindal jokes\, heartfelt extolling of the virtues of coconut-hair oil\, and even more in this journey deep into the heart of that virtuous South Asian crepe.\nMarch 21\, 2013\n6:00 pm\nAsian Art Museum of San Francisco \nFor more information about these films or CAAMFest\, check out the website. Details on all the films are under the Festival Guide tab.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-co-presents-films-at-caamfest-2013/
LOCATION:Various
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130316T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130316T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20131002T114854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180808T024303Z
UID:1831-1363453200-1363453200@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:3rd i co-presents CSAS' presentation of "The Mahabharata"
DESCRIPTION:3rd i Films is pleased to copresent\nCenter for South Asia Studies‘ (UC Berkeley) presentation of\nThe Mahabharata: A Re-Telling of an Indian Epic Poem by Jean-Claude Carriére \nWhen: March 16\, 5-8pm\nWhere: Chevron Auditorium\, International House\, UC Berkeley\nTickets: See link below for ticket information \nRenowned French playwright\, screenwriter\, author\, actor and raconteur par excellence Jean-Claude Carrière spent eleven years in India\, tracing the Mahabaharata’s roots in civilization\, geography and its relevance in modern India. His nine-hour magnum opus\, The Mahabharata\, opened in 1985 under the stellar direction of his lifetime collaborator Peter Brook and an international cast\, and quickly became a watershed moment in theatrical history across the Western world. Jean-Claude Carriére gives Bay Area audiences a simple but powerful one-man rendition of the story of Mahabharata\, in the style of the old wandering minstrels of India. \nFor more information on the program and for tickets\, please visit: http://southasia.berkeley.edu/events/JCC.pdf
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-co-presents-csas-presentation-of-the-mahabharata/
LOCATION:Chevron Auditorium\, International House\, UC Berkeley\, Berkeley
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20131002T113238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180808T024024Z
UID:1824-1362078000-1362078000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Special Screening: Ashim Ahluwalia's "Miss Lovely"
DESCRIPTION:3rd i Films is pleased to be a community partner for the Global Film Initiative and SFFS presentation of\nAshim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely \nWhen: February 28\, 7 pm\nWhere: New People Cinema\nTickets: $5 (with discount code: 3RDMEM) \nRunning Time: 110mins\nLanguage: Hindi with English subtitles \nFollowed by an in-depth Q&A with the filmmaker\, moderated by 3rd i’s Ivan Jaigirdar \nDelving deep into the underbelly of India’s film industry\, where back-alley producers churn out everything from pulpy horror movies to soft-core porn\, Miss Lovely takes us back to Mumbai of the 1980s with lurid detail and intoxicating style. Working out of sleazy hotels and abandoned warehouses\, brothers Sonu (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and Vicky (Anil George) are prolific producers of trashy\, C-grade films for Mumbai’s booming underground market. But this precarious partnership is put to the test when the brothers meet Pinky (Niharika Singh)\, an exquisite ingenue with a shady past. \nFor more information on the program and to purchase tickets\, please visit the listing on the SFFS website.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/special-screening-ashim-ahluwalias-miss-lovely/
LOCATION:New People Cinema\, 1746 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings and Events,Year-Round Screenings and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120930T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120930T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130717T000149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T211300Z
UID:1494-1349019000-1349019000@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Big in Bollywood
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nFunny and irreverent\, Big in Bollywood documents Omi Vaidya’s ascendency from an aspiring Indian American actor in Hollywood to a megastar in far away Bollywood. When 27-year-old American-born Omi\, a struggling actor in L.A. miraculously lands a dream role in the Bollywood film 3 Idiots (2010)\, his curious friends\, armed with cameras\, fly to Mumbai to film and document his big premiere and better understand the world of Bollywood. Within a week of release\, 3 Idiots skyrockets to the top of the box office\, becoming the most successful Indian film of all time. From relative obscurity to the heights of Bollywood stardom\, Omi finds himself in the company of Bollywood stalwarts like Aamir Khan. While Omi deals with the challenges of new found fame and struggles with cultural competency in the strange\, new world that is Bollywood — between language classes\, calls to his wife back in the United States\, a press tour that routinely gathers tens of thousands of people — he cheerfully greets strangers on the street who know him only as the “fourth idiot.”
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/big-in-bollywood-2/
LOCATION:Camera 12\, 201 S 2nd Street\, San Jose\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120930T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120930T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130717T000619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130830T042838Z
UID:1495-1349010000-1349017200@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Azhagarsamy’s Horse
DESCRIPTION:This family-friendly Tamil film mixes comedy\, romance\, melodrama and musical montage sequences to serve up a gentle satire of rural traditions and superstitions. The small village of Mallayapuram is frantic when they realize the holy wooden statue of god Azhagarsamy’s horse is missing from the local temple. When a real horse turns up soon after\, people are convinced it is the wooden horse come to life bringing luck to the drought-stricken village. However when a man named (coincidentally?) Azhagarsamy arrives claiming the horse is his\, the entire village turns topsy-turvy in this delightful comic romp. Set in the lush landscapes of the Theni Hills in Tamil Nadu\, Azhagarsamy’s Horse features a lively soundtrack that integrate folk forms with Western beats by composer Illayaraj\, and a standout performance by the unconventional leading man Appukkutty. An audience favorite at the Toronto and Chicago Film Festivals! \nPLEASE NOTE: We are sorry to inform you that the 35mm print of this film being screened at Camera12 DOES NOT HAVE English subtitles. We will provide a detailed printed plot summary for non-Tamil speakers.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/azhagarsamys-horse/
LOCATION:Camera 12\, 201 S 2nd Street\, San Jose\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T183000
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CREATED:20130717T221344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130810T033818Z
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SUMMARY:Valley of Saints
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nLyrical romance and lush cinematography intermingle in this neorealist feature debut that was a major award winner at the Sundance Film Festival. The breathtaking Dal Lake in Kashmir is a sprawling aquatic community where erupting political violence often distracts from natural beauty. Gulzar\, a young\, working-class boatman\, navigates the floating landscape and dreams of a better life. When he takes on a job assisting a Kashmiri-American scientist to collect water samples for her environmental study\, everything in his own life begins to take on a new hue. Syeed intricately weaves together contemporary ecological issues with traditional culture\, and deftly captures the unlikely romance that blossoms between the boatman and the scientist. The standout soundtrack for the film features music by Kashmiri-American band Zerobridge.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/valley-of-saints-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T164500
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130717T221737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130717T230656Z
UID:1510-1348418700-1348418700@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Adda: Calcutta/Kolkata
DESCRIPTION:Adda is one of those Bengali words that is so difficult to translate into English. A gossip session\, an intellectual discussion\, a never-ending conversation all rolled into one\, adda is the quintessential Bengali pastime. Following a number of ongoing addas at street corners\, cafes\, markets and living rooms\, this documentary by Surjo Deb and Ranjan Palit is a free-flowing\, intimate portrait of a city and its people in a time of transition: as malls and high-rises replace the old architecture of the skyline\, youngsters move out of the city looking for better opportunities\, the traffic gets worse and the city’s name changes from Calcutta to Kolkata. Co-director Ranjan Palit is a National Award-winning filmmaker\, whose film In Camera was showcased at 3rd i’s SFISAFF 2010.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/adda-calcuttakolkata/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T163000
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CREATED:20130717T223358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130717T223517Z
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SUMMARY:Okul Nodi (Endless River) + I am Micro
DESCRIPTION:For lovers of that disappearing medium we call celluloid (or film)\, we bring two docs that can only be described as visual poetry. Okul Nodi (Tuni Chatterji\, Co-directed by Clay Dean\, 2012\, Bangladesh\, 52mins\, Bengali with English subtitles) examines the origins of Bhatiyali\, the river music of Bangladesh. Soulful and nostalgic\, Bhatiyali songs often rest on dual meanings wherein boats become bodies and lovers are also lost gods. Chatterji uses innovative sound editing and lingers on the materiality of the 16mm film to create a contemplative dialogue between music\, landscape and the ephemeral quality of cinema. \nShot on exquisite 35mm\, I am Micro (Shumona Goel/Shai Heredia\, 2011\, India\, 14mins\, English and Hindi with English subtitles) combines imagery from an optical factory and behind-the-scenes footage from a film production (Miss Lovely) against the memories of an experimental filmmaker (Kamal Swaroop) to deliver an ode to independent cinema.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/okul-nodi-endless-river-i-am-micro/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130718T212308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T211314Z
UID:1517-1348412400-1348412400@www.thirdi.org
SUMMARY:Family Album
DESCRIPTION:Family Album is a powerful meditation on the tangled relationship between memory\, history\, and the photograph\, and is a companion piece to Jain’s earlier City of Photos\, an exploration of the little-known world of neighborhood photo studios which was an audience favorite at 3rd i’s SFISAFF 2006. Jain interviews members from some of Calcutta’s oldest families as they page through family albums and portraits in their ancestral homes. Jain elicits some astonishing stories – a wife whose husband photographed her in men’s clothing\, a romantic portrait of a man and his dead wife\, images of women studying\, dressing-up\, playing music – as they negotiate the lines between freedom and enclosure. Family Album is ultimately an evocative\, rewarding film that showcases Jain’s innovative use of storytelling in documentary as a way to capture the imagination. Jain’s films have been shown extensively in Europe and in India\, and her documentary Lakshmi and Me (3rd i’s SFISAFF 2009) was featured on PBS’ Independent Lens Film series.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/family-album/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T134500
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SUMMARY:Herman’s House
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nThe injustice of solitary confinement and the transformative power of art are explored in Herman’s House\, a must-see documentary that was an official selection of the Sundance Institute and the prestigious HotDocs festival. Former Black Panther Herman Wallace was languishing in solitary confinement when he received a letter from a young artist/activist\, Jackie Sumell\, posing a provocative question: “What kind of house does a man who has lived in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell for over 30 years dream of?” Bhalla documents the process and the final art project that results from this initial letter: a striking installation that brings thousands of gallery visitors face to face with the injustices of the American prison system. Another terrific example of South Asian directors coming into the mainstream with stories about the universal human experience. \nPanel discussion following film with:\nAngad Bhalla\, Filmmaker\nRaphael Sperry\, former president of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) an organization involved in creating awareness about the moral issues surrounding prison design\nLaura Magnani of the American Friends Service Committee\, involved in advocating prison reform among other peace building initiatives\nRichard Kamler\, Artist (The Waiting Room and Table of Voices\, large installations that deal with prisons) and a former artist-in-residence at San Quentin Prison
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/hermans-house/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T121500
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SUMMARY:Jagte Raho (Stay Awake)
DESCRIPTION:Classic\nSomething of a departure for Kapoor\, Jagte Raho is a joint Bengali-Hindi film with expressionist touches meant to provide a comic yet critical survey of middle class life in India’s cities. Kapoor plays a familiar role: a poor wanderer from the country\, he enters an apartment building in search of a drink of water. Taken as a thief by the inhabitants\, he flees from flat to flat\, encountering a cross-section of the building’s inhabitants. Kapoor produced this film for collaborators he had met through his father’s work in the theater and the leftist Indian Peoples’ Theatre Association. Co-director Sombhu Mitra was one of the giants of 20th-century Bengali theater\, while scenarist K.A. Abbas – who also worked on Awaara – was a prominent writer\, critic and director and a major founder of India’s “parallel” cinema. The outstanding songs were composed by Salil Choudary and feature Shailendra’s poetry.\n– Harvard Film Archive
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/jagte-raho-stay-awake/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3117 16th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130718T213907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150928T211327Z
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SUMMARY:Sikh I Am: Voices on Identity
DESCRIPTION:Three American-Sikhs assert and articulate their identity from a male perspective in this program of short docs. \nChristina Antonakos-Wallace’s Article of Faith (2011\, USA\, 10 mins\, in English) is a portrait of NY-based activist Sonny Singh\, as he inspires New York City Sikh-youth to stand up for themselves and combat harassment in their schools. This segment is part of a larger documentary\, with WINGS and ROOTS\, that is currently in production. \nSikligar (2012\, India\, 23 mins\, in Punjabi and Marvi with English subtitles) is a documentary by Mandeep Sethi about the hidden story of the Sikligar Sikhs\, the black-ironsmiths and weapons makers of the Khalsa Army of the Sikhs. \nHarjant Gill’s Roots of Love (2011\, India\, 26mins\, in English and Punjabi with English subtitles) examines the changing significance of the turban among Sikhs in India\, where the choice of cutting one’s hair is one that not only concerns the individual and his family\, but an entire community. \nFollowed by a discussion moderated by Simran Kaur (from the The Sikh Coalition). \npictured above: Sonny Singh in Article of Faith
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/sikh-i-am-voices-on-identity/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120923T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T005106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T010825Z
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SUMMARY:Cocktail
DESCRIPTION:Bollywood at the Castro \nWatch trailer.\nA great cocktail needs the right mix – and this one only delivers but packs a punch\, and a twist! Homi Adjania takes the classic masala love triangle – complete with song and dance and high camp – and gives it a modern flavor (did someone say threesome?) in this recent blockbuster from Bollywood. Imtiaz Ali’s (director of Jab We Met and Rockstar) script keeps it fresh and tangy\, and Anil Mehta’s camerawork gives it style and flair. Saif Ali Khan (Omkara\, Dil Chahtha Hai) and Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om) look their sexiest selves\, Bollywood newcomer Diana Penty shines\, and Dimple Kapadia and Boman Irani deliver excellent performances as Gautam’s doting parents.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/cocktail/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T211500
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T005608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T011027Z
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SUMMARY:3rd i’s Castro Reception with the Filmmakers
DESCRIPTION:Advance tickets are $20/ticket (plus minimal processing fee).\nAt- the-door tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the Castro Box Office. \nAll passes INCLUDE entry to the reception. Purchase Passes Here. \nMeet all our festival guests up close and personal!\nEnjoy food and drinks\, get you photos with our celebrity guests\, and let the DJ get your feet wet for our Bollywood at the Castro screening. \nSpecial guests at this year’s festival include: journalists and filmmakers\, Jon Shenk and Gotham Chopra; Bengali filmmakers\, Surjo Deb (Calcutta) and Amit Ashraf (Dhaka); American filmmakers Tuni Chatterjee (from LA)\, and Angad Bhalla (from NY); and a kaleidoscope of Bay Area talent including musicians/filmmakers Mandeep Sethi\, Biz Kulfi and Single Beige Female. \nThe reception will also host the PopUp Production Showcase which will showcase stills from a selection of films by Bay Area filmmakers that are currently in production. \nSee highlights from past receptions at 3rd i’s SFISAFF.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-is-castro-reception-with-the-filmmakers/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,events,festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T184500
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T004436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T010609Z
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SUMMARY:Decoding Deepak
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nAn audience favorite at the SXSW Film Festival\, this intriguing portrait of Deepak Chopra has a raw honesty to it that only a son can bring. Filmmaker and journalist Gotham Chopra embarks on a year long road trip with his father in an attempt to resolve the spiritual icon from the family man. The journey takes him across the planet chronicling Deepak’s colorful activities – from a traditional monk ordainment in Thailand to a literal decoding of ancient family registers in rural India. Along the way\, we meet devoted disciples who range from celebrities like Lady Gaga to lost souls in the red rock deserts of Sedona. Interwoven through the travelogue is a closer look at the expansive spiritual empire built over the last 25 years – from a decidedly non-spiritual (and boozy) origin. Full of flaws\, foils\, intelligence\, and irreverence\, the decoded Deepak is a symbol of a world searching for answers in the most unlikely places and a deeper plunge into the meaning of identity itself.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/decoding-deepak/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T004222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T004222Z
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SUMMARY:Lucky
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nDelicately crafted\, both in story and visual style\, this beautiful\, emotional tale explores the unusual alliance between an elderly Indian woman (with a irrational fear of Africans) and a South African orphan in post-Apartheid South Africa. Using a muted color palette to reflect themes of nostalgia and family connection\, Luthra unravels a complicated story featuring amazing performances from the two main actors. Filmed in Zulu\, Hindi\, and English\, Lucky is a true international production and represents a trend we are seeing in this year’s festival (along with Herman’s House and Sket) of South Asian directors telling stories from a multiplicity of viewpoints and cultural voices. A critical and audience favorite\, Lucky is based on Luthra’s earlier short of the same name\, which won over 40 international awards including an Oscar nomination.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/lucky/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T170000
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CREATED:20130720T002331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T013255Z
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SUMMARY:The World Before Her
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nSneak Peek. Young\, beautiful\, and ambitious\, Ankita and Ruhi compete in the Miss India pageant for the chance at a career in the beauty industry\, one of the few opportunities for women to find success and empowerment in contemporary India. On the opposite end of the spectrum from Miss India is Durga Vahini\, the women’s wing of the Hindu fundamentalist movement. Nisha Pahuja’s The World Before Her dramatizes the tension between traditional and modern perspectives toward women in today’s India through the juxtaposition of these two very different outlets for girls. Initially representing the two threads as mutually exclusive worldviews\, Pahuja ultimately draws surprising parallels in the way women are perceived and the opportunities that are afforded them at both extremes\, convincingly depicting each as real sources of both oppression and empowerment. The World Before Her is a riveting\, thoughtful profile of the fundamental contradictions of a country in transition.\n– Tribeca Film Festival
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-world-before-her/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T004715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T010706Z
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SUMMARY:Alms for a Blind Horse (Anhey Ghodey Da Daan)
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nThis striking film by first-time director Gurvinder Singh uses exquisite cinematography and an unusual cast of characters to portray a day in the life of a rural Punjabi family facing the demolition of their village. Indian film legend\, the late Mani Kaul\, was the executive producer on the film and his influence can been seen throughout in the film’s use of stillness\, silences and non-naturalistic approach to narrative. A beautiful soundtrack by Los Angeles based composer Catherine Lamb accentuates the poetic performances given by the non-professional cast. Alms for a Blind Horse swept the Indian National Film awards this spring and is the first Punjabi language film to hit the festival circuit.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/alms-for-a-blind-horse-anhey-ghodey-da-daan/
LOCATION:Castro Theatre\, 429 Castro Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T214000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T233000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T005338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T010922Z
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SUMMARY:3rd i International Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Four startling shorts examine the limits of human desire in the face of life and death: \nA nun hides her daughter in a monastery against the army’s advance\, and attempts to move past the memories of civil war\, in this visually sublime short Ennakum Oru Per (I Too Have a Name\, 2012\, USA/Sri Lanka\, 12 mins\, in Sinhalese and Tamil with English subtitles). Official selection at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival. \nChandi’s mother is dying. When the local doctor can’t help\, Chandi turns to the Tantrik holy man\, who demands a terrible price in return for her mother’s life\, in Smita Bhide’s unforgettable Another Planet (2011\, UK\, 26 mins\, in English and Marathi with English subtitles). Winner of Best Short at the 2012 International Film Festival of India\, Goa. \nShilpa Munikempanna’s Kaveri (2011\, India\, 19 mins\, in Kannada with English subtitles) is a simple story of two sisters transformed into a moving experience. 13 year old Kaveri is on the threshold of womanhood. Engulfed by the vastness of the adult world\, she searches for the gesture that provides hope. Watch Trailer. \nAn eco-thriller set in a parched post-apocalyptic future\, where water has become a scarce and invaluable commodity\, Abhishek Pathak’s Boond (A Drop\, 2009\, India\, 27 mins\, in Hindi with English subtitles) tells the story of a desperate young mother and her son who are forced to take up the gun in order to protect their well. Watch Trailer. \npictured above: Suba Sivakumaran’s I Too Have a Name
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/3rd-i-international-shorts/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T003823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T003823Z
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SUMMARY:Runaway (Udhao)
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nAmit Ashraf’s dynamic script and creative visual vocabulary confirm that something is afoot in Bangladeshi cinema. The gritty\, urban streets of Dhaka provide the backdrop for this noirish thriller about men who run away from family and a rickshawallah who is compelled to bring them to justice. Ashraf’s innovative editing and cinematography help to shape this film’s treatment of a common social phenomenon\, creating a striking and rarely seen depiction of contemporary Dhaka. An audience favorite at multiple festivals this year\, Runaway delivers a layered story filled with visual excitement.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/runaway-udhao/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120920T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T005810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T011117Z
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SUMMARY:Dance\, Desi\, Dance: 3rd i's Birthday Bash
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are $10/ticket (plus minimal processing fee for online purchase). \n3rd i’s SFISAFF turns 10 this year!\nAnd we’d love to see you at our dance party for the decade! Come celebrate cinema\, celebrate 3rd i\, and feel the vibe of the Bay Area’s vibrant desi arts community. \nDJs Chungtech (Sweaterfunk) and Smokestack (Accepted Eclectic) will spin an aural adventure – from retro-bollywood to 80s to funk to fusion!  \nCome celebrate with us at the 780 Cafe\, conveniently located at 780 Valencia (between 18th St & 19th St)\, right around the corner from the Roxie Theater.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/dance-desi-dance-3rd-is-birthday-bash/
LOCATION:780 Cafe\, 780 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:2012,events,festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120920T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120920T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T003522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T003522Z
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SUMMARY:Sket
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nSet to a pounding soundtrack of hip-hop and electronica\, this gritty thriller by director Nirpal Bhogal follows members of a girl gang in East London. After her sister is brutally attacked by Trey and his fellow gang members\, sixteen-year old Kayla casts about for ways to exact revenge. Joining a rival girl gang\, Kayla is drawn into a brutal world of initiation ceremonies and crime in order to prove her worth. Bhogal and the film’s producers were struck by accounts of rising female gang violence in recent years\, including a particularly vicious gay-bashing incident that drew comparisons to a scene from Clockwork Orange. Developed through interviews and collaboration with youth from the East London housing estates\, Sket packs a visual and narrative punch. Bhogal’s inventive take on British genre cinema won him a place on the London Film Festival’s Best Newcomer list.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/sket/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120920T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120920T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104250
CREATED:20130720T002721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T002721Z
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SUMMARY:Coast to Coast: Home Grown Shorts
DESCRIPTION:3rd i’s shorts program goes coast-to-coast this year\, with a kaleidoscope of short films from the shores of California to New York. \nAliens\, bicycles\, Punjabi food and Sikh pride are the fodder for new music videos by Bay Area musicians and hip-hop artists: 50 Shades of Beige (Single Beige Female\, 2012\, USA\, 6 mins\, in English); The Cycle Beat (Tony Welch\, 2012\, USA\, 3.5 mins\, in English); Mandeep Sethi’s Unfilmed Fantasia (Rahat Mahajan\, 2012\, USA\, 3.5mins\, in English); Biz Kulfi’s Khala Peela (Harjot Singh\, 2012\, USA\, 3.5 mins\, in English). \nOther emerging Bay Area filmmakers include Abhi Singh and Rucha Humnabadkar: Singh’s Americanized (2012\, USA\, 4mins\, in English) is the portrait of a Sikh teenager caught between two worlds\, while Humnabadkar’s Arranged Marriage (2012\, USA\, 8mins\, in English) offers a humorous twist on immigrant identity. \nHumor is also aplenty in Fawzia Mirza and Ryan Logan’s The Queen of my Dreams (2011\, USA\, 3 mins\, in English)\, a queer send-up on 70s Bollywood. While Shazia Shrivastava’s Do Pahar (2011\, India\, 29 mins\, in Hindi with English subtitles)\, which was co-directed and co-scripted with her mother Sharifa Roy\, is a captivating drama about the beginnings of a friendship between an old woman and a hit man – one that will change both their lives forever. Watch Do Pahar Trailer. \nSushma Khadepaun-Parmar’s Clay (2012\, USA\, 12mins\, in English and Bengali with English subtitles) is a gorgeous tapestry of sound and image\, about ‘letting go’\, and The Monkey Man is an excerpt from the feature doc Jugaadoo (Kumar/Alex/Colin\, India/USA\, 2012\,10.5 mins)\, the story of three friends on a journey across India and the various people they meet along the way. \nJoin us for Dance\, Desi\, Dance: 3rd i’s Birthday Bash later that evening\, and meet many of the filmmakers up close and personal!
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/coast-to-coast-home-grown-shorts/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120919T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120919T211500
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CREATED:20130720T003058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130720T003144Z
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SUMMARY:The Island President
DESCRIPTION:Watch Trailer\nAn inspiring\, pictorially dazzling documentary from one of the Bay Area’s most exciting filmmakers! Jon Shenk’s The Island President is the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives\, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced—the literal survival of his country and everyone in it. After bringing democracy to the Maldives after thirty years of despotic rule\, Nasheed is now faced with an even greater challenge: as one of the most low-lying countries in the world\, a rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives enough to make them uninhabitable. The film follows Nasheed during his first year in office\, culminating with a stirring speech given at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009. Just this February\, Nasheed was forced out of office in a coup d’etat\, lending this film an unusual timeliness and poignancy.
URL:https://www.thirdi.org/event/the-island-president-2/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 94103
CATEGORIES:2012,festivals,films
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