Film
Second Generation
4:30 pm, November 13, Castro Theatre
Admission $8
Director: Jon Sen
Country: UK(2003)
Running Time: 138 min; Video/Color
English
A fresh contemporary British South Asian made-for-television film that has it all: Second generation youth living their lives in sync with the pulse of their city-- London. The new generation are liberated in their sexual exploits, entangled in family intrigue, and invested in making it in business, and in the underground Asian music scene. The dream cast includes Parminder Nagra (ER, Bend It Like Beckham), Om Puri (East is East), Anupam Kher (Beckham),Rita Wolf (My Beautiful Laundrette), Roshan Seth (Gandhi) while Asian Underground musician Nitin Sawhney provides the electrifying soundtrack.
Q&A with actress Parminder Nagra following screening.
Sponsors:
Harisch Sood, Patron Sponsor
Sujal Nanavati, Patron Sponsor
Co-presenters:
NAATA (National Asian American Telecommunications Association)