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