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Date(s) - 11/10/2017
7:15 PM - 11:17 PM
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New People Cinema
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- November 9-12: New People Cinema, San Francisco and Castro Theatre, San Francisco
- November 18: CineArts Theater, Palo Alto
Come celebrate 3rd i’s 15th 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. This year’s festival captures the political zeitgeist of our times, offering reflections on the democratic process, the power of the vote, and on the legacy of political revolutions. Home movies become rich fodder for filmmakers, their celluloid memories resurfacing stories about family, immigration, and cross-cultural dialogue. Voices from the margins circulate through the program, centering women’s unsung labor, queer voices, and disappearing landscapes. As always the shorts program gathers an impressive range of local and international offerings, while Bollywood is served up two ways – neo-noir and classic camp.
Friday, November 10 @ New People Cinema
- 7:15pm
- Random Acts of Legacy
- Ali Kazimi (Canada, 2016, 77mins)
Filmmaker 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. Set in Chicago between the Great Depression and the post-war era, this award-winning film peeks into the everyday life of a commercial artist and his trailblazing wife, to reveal the experiences of a first-generation Chinese family in America.
- 9:30pm
- Gurgaon
- Shanker Raman (India, 2017, 107mins)
Stylish and smart, 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. Raman delves deep into the psychology of his characters, fleshing out an extremely compelling story that keeps the twists and turns coming – each one completely believable and integral to the plot.