“Nainsukh ” at BAMPFA
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDutta painstakingly recreates the eighteenth-century artist Nainsukh’s brilliant miniature paintings through sumptuous compositions set amid palace ruins.
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The Seventh Walk at BAMPFA
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesA film about contemporary landscape painter Paramjit Singh.
Amit Dutta: Three Shorts on Indian Painting at BAMPFA
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThree shorts studying the 18th-century Indian artist Nainsukh.
“The Unknown Craftsman”
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDutta’s magical new film follows an eighth-century architect across the lower Himalayas in search of a temple site.
The New Talkies
Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis evening of neo-benshi performances will consist of screening several film clips re-narrated live for the audience.
$10
Second screening of “The Hate Man” doc
Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis 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.
$7 – $10
Abu (Father)
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFilmmaker in Person! Deeply moving and smart, Arshad Khan’s outstanding documentary Abu is a quintessential immigrant story that captures the tumultuous journey of his family's move to Canada, from Pakistan, in the early 90s.
3rd i’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 2017
Come celebrate 3rd i's fifteenth anniversary this year, as the annual SF International South Asian Film Festival presents some of the best cinema from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Canada, Australia, and the USA.
Random Acts of Legacy
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFilmmaker via Skype! In this gorgeous, multi-layered documentary about immigration and integration, Ali Kazimi ("A Continuous Journey") brilliantly weaves a rich tapestry of history and memory.
Gurgaon
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesStylish and edgy, with a deep, dark twist, GURGAON is a neo-noir based on the true life story of a kidnapping gone awry, in the shiny outer reaches of the fast growing Delhi metropolis.
NARI: The Unsung Story of the Women from India’s First Family of Music
Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesLive multimedia performance! Accomplished musician and composer for film Gingger Shankar celebrates the life and work of her mother (Viji Shankar) and grandmother (Lakshmi Shankar) - renowned artists and close collaborators with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison (The Beatles).
An Insignificant Man
Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDubbed the "Bernie Sanders of India," Arvind Kejriwal shook up the status quo of the Indian political system in the last national election. This revolutionary shift in India's mainstream political establishment is exposed in this gripping documentary. Followed by panel discussion.
OM SHANTI OM
Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBollywood at the Castro!! Serving up a dazzling array of musical showstoppers and cameos by nearly every Bollywood star, "Om Shanti Om" is a blockbuster extravaganza for the ages. Director Farah Khan pulls out all the stops, and Shah Rukh Khan breaks out his disco moves in this star-studded tribute to the swinging 70's.
Shepherdess of the Glaciers
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSet amidst the stunning landscape of Ladakh, this mesmerizing doc is a tribute to the unbreakable bond between humans and animals, and captures a disappearing way of life that is deeply intertwined with nature.
NEWTON
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis smart and engaging black comedy finds humor in the tenuous nature of democracy. Conscientious clerk, Newton, must keep devious military personnel and oddball bureaucrats in check during election day in the conflict-ridden “tribal” area of Chhattisgarh.
Last Man in Dhaka Central (The Young Man Was, Part 3)
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFilmmaker in Person! Filmmaker Naeem Mohaiemen brings his razor-sharp critique and keen awareness of global politics to the conversation, as he probes Peter Custers, a Dutch journalist who traveled half-way across the world to participate in a left-wing uprising in Bangladesh. With short Abu Ammar is Coming.
Coast to Coast: Mumbai to the Mission
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBay Area Filmmakers in Person! From light comedy to dark wit, this year's kaleidoscope of cinematic offerings engage the intimate, personal and the intellectual.
Bad, Brown, Bride: 3 Desi Series
CineArts at Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesBay Area Filmmakers in Person! Snappy, sexy, and seriously modern, these three shorts series turn stereotypes about desis on their heads, and offer modern portraits of young South Asians in America.
The Cinema Travellers
CineArts at Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesThis intimate and poetic gem captures the miracle of cinema in its purest sense, and the timelessness of a tradition that has existed in India for decades - the traveling tent cinema.
The World of Goopi and Bagha (Goopi Gawaiya, Bagha Bajaiya)
CineArts at Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesAn 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.
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