documentary – 3rd i

This 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.

10 September 2017

“The Unknown Craftsman”

BAMPFA

5:00 pm

Dutta’s magical new film follows an eighth-century architect across the lower Himalayas in search of a temple site.

22 October 2016

3rd i Co-presents at UNAFF 2016

Mitchell Park Community Center

All day

3rd i co-presents two docs at UNAFF 2016: "Petals in the Dust" and "The Learning Alliance"

17 April 2016

3rd i Films presents a work-in-progress screening

Artists’ Television Access

3:00 pm

"Burqa Boxers" documents the story of three young women learning boxing in a culture that demands refinement and submission.

06 March 2016

3rd i Films presents: Rajnikanth and the Cult of the Superstar

ATA

1:00 pm

This talk explores the political and social history of fandom in South India, and specifically that of Rajinikanth.

01 November 2015

Jai Ho

CineArts at Palo Alto Square

5:15 pm

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.

01 November 2015

Voices of Partition

CineArts at Palo Alto Square

12:00 pm

Followed 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.