3rd i Co-Presents with the Jewish Film Festival — Shalom Bollywood
Landmark Piedmont Theater 4186 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesDanny Ben-Moshe tells the compelling tale of Jewish actresses who performed in early Bollywood films.
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3rd i Co-Presents with the Jewish Film Festival — Shalom Bollywood
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, CA, United StatesDanny Ben-Moshe tells the compelling tale of Jewish actresses who performed in early Bollywood films.
3rd i Co-Presents with the Jewish Film Festival — Shalom Bollywood
CineArts at Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesDanny Ben-Moshe tells the compelling tale of Jewish actresses who performed in early Bollywood films.
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
“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.
3rd i Co-presents at UNAFF 2016
Mitchell Park Community Center 3700 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, United States3rd i co-presents two docs at UNAFF 2016: "Petals in the Dust" and "The Learning Alliance"
3rd i Films presents a work-in-progress screening
Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States"Burqa Boxers" documents the story of three young women learning boxing in a culture that demands refinement and submission.
3rd i Films presents: Rajnikanth and the Cult of the Superstar
ATA 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis talk explores the political and social history of fandom in South India, and specifically that of Rajinikanth.
Jai Ho
CineArts at Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesAn unparalleled and exclusive look into one of the most iconic musicians of our time – A.R. Rahman. Renowned in the West for his Oscar-winning soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire and his work with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rahman is a household name in India. In this doc, he talks about his work and life experiences in unprecedented personal terms, and provides a glimpse into the spirituality that drives his genius.
Petals in the Dust
CineArts at Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesFollowed by panel discussion with filmmaker Nyna Pais Caputi's empowering doc examines the condition of an endangered class of people in modern India – women. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be 20 percent more men than women in India! This doc attempts to shed light on the enormous problems of gender violence by exploring its cultural origins, and by profiling the unimaginable stories of brave survivors.
Voices of Partition
CineArts at Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesFollowed by Q&A with filmmaker, and panel discussion organized by 1947 Partition Archive The 1947 Partition stands as the largest human displacement in history: over 2 million people lost their lives, while 14 million were displaced. Infused with music and poetry, Mara Ahmed's A Thin Wall (India/Pakistan, 2015, 64 mins) is a documentary about memory, history and the possibility of reconciliation with lessons that remain urgently relevant even today.
Coast to Coast: Mumbai to the Mission
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFollowed by Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers From the streets of San Francisco to a Parsee home in Bombay, from gorgeously animated watercolors to hip-hop music video, from queer comedy to social documentary, this year's outstanding set of shorts offer us profiles of culture, celebration, courage and change!
Silence in the Courts
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFollowed by Q&A with the filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage's (With You, Without You, SFISAFF 2013) thought-provoking film is a carefully crafted indictment of institutionalized forms of power that follows the story of two women who seek justice for being sexually abused by a Judge. An excellent analysis of how patriarchy and power work together to infect the courts, the media and the lives of Sri Lanka's most disenfranchised citizens.
Tigers
Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFollowed by Q&A with Syed Raza Aamir Hussain and Shaftaq Batool Raza, the real-life heroes behind the story A gripping feature film based on the true story of a young Pakistani salesman who challenges the system when he discovers the devastating effects of the infant formula he is selling. Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi (The Dirty Picture) and National Award-winning actress Geetanjali Thapa (Liar's Dice) bring pathos, nuance and passion to their roles, in the hands of Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic (No Man's Land).
Jai Ho
New People Cinema 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesFollowed by Skype Q&A with filmmaker An unparalleled and exclusive look into one of the most iconic musicians of our time – A.R.Rahman. Renowned in the West for his Oscar-winning soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire and his work with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rahman is a household name in India. In this doc, he talks about his work and life experiences in unprecedented personal terms, and provides a glimpse into the spirituality that drives his genius.
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