Tough Love
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFilmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal’s documentary follows two parents as they navigate the American child welfare system to reunite their families.
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Tough Love
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFilmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal’s documentary follows two parents as they navigate the American child welfare system to reunite their families.
Miss India America
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesLily 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, in this hilarious comedy.
Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDirector 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 1984.
Stand Up Planet
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesOn a mission to showcase some of the funniest international comics, comedian Hasan Minhaj (who was recently signed on to the Daily Show) tests how far they can push comedy that deals with some of the toughest global poverty, gender, and race issues of our time.
$10 – $12
Psychedelic Cinema: Radhe, Radhe + Shorts
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWest Coast & Bay Area Premiers
Prashant Bhargava in Person!
An explosion of color and sound on the silver screen captures the essence of this program of shorts, with Radhe, Radhe which features a new score by acclaimed Jazz musician Vijay Iyer.
$10 – $12
Liar’s Dice
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSan Francisco Premier
In this stunning and riveting road drama, a young mother searching for her missing husband follows an enigmatic guide through the visually stunning backdrop of the rural Himalayas.
$10 – $12
Mughal-e-Azam: Ruminations on a Classic Spectacle
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWith Special Guest Manoj Shailendra, Bollywood expert and son of famed Bollywood lyricist Shailendra!
Robin Sukhadia returns to 3rd i for a close study of this 1960 blockbuster which is remembered for Naushad's timeless music, and for bringing color to Indian cinemagoers.
$10 – $12
Titli
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBay Area Premier
Filmmaker Kanu Behl in Person!
Perhaps one of the most thrilling films to come out of India this year, Titli is also a family drama—the youngest of a brotherhood of violent carjackers makes the desperate attempt to break away from his dysfunctional family.
$10 – $12
Coast to Coast: Mumbai to the Mission
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesUS & Bay Area Premiers
Filmmakers, Cast and Crew in Person
This year's selection of shorts -- local, national and international -- employ both drama and comedy to great effect in examining social issues and conflict. Featuring shorts with Omi Vaidya and Wilbur Sargunaraj.
$10 – $12
Meet the Patels
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSan Francisco Premier
Ravi Patel in Person!
This incredibly funny documentary follows a young man looking for love--and fed up enough to ask his parents to help him find it! Sold Out: Online and At-the-door. There will NOT be a Rush Line at this screening.
$10 – $12
3rd i presents “From Mutiny to Bengali Harlem: Stories of the Diaspora”
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesVivek 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.
Special Screening: Ashim Ahluwalia’s “Miss Lovely”
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDelving 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.
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