Eunuch Alley is screening at the 6th Nihilist International Film Festival at:

Track 16 Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, Building C-1
Bergamot Station Art Complex
Santa Monica, CA
Friday, December 3, 8 pm
Tickets: $5

Eunuch Alley will be screened at the South Asian International Film Festival, on Friday, December 3, 1:45pm-3:45pm, at the Rubin Museum of Art; 150 West 17th Street (between 6th &7th Avenues), New York City.

Go to the New Artist Showcase section for tickets and information.

A plug for my pal, Lalit Vachani’s films on the RSS, The Boy in the Branch. and Men in the Tree. Check out rest of the festival, there are some amazing films which would be difficult to see elsewhere.

If you come please introduce yourselves!

The IAAC film festival in New York City awarded the Best Documentary prize to “Whose Children Are These?” by Theresa Thanjan, as the editor of this documentary, I am thrilled! The documentary tells the stories of three Muslim youngsters who have been impacted by post 9/11 detentions and deportations. The film has an extensive website detailing the impact of 9/11 on immigrants, the PATRIOT Act etc. It needs finishing funds to make it broadcast ready, so consider donating.

With the election just round the corner, my anxiety level has gone up a hundred fold. I just had to put up this little video I made for the good folks atTermite TV, for their “Terror” show. The show will broadcast soon, and they will be putting up part of the show on the web as well, so will link to it when it is up. Anyway you can see “Bollywood Terror” on my web-page. And it stars Sharmila Tagore and Vinod Khanna

Let me know how it goes, since I am new to this. Also, the low bandwidth version may be suitable for those who understand Hindi.

“In Whose Name?” a short by Nandini Sikand, for which I was the editor is screening at IAAC festival. It explores the hijacking of “Indian Culture” by the right wing, something very disturbing to those of us who grew up loving the very things that took on a very sinister meaning down the road. Sometimes I wonder if I hadn’t learnt classical music and dance, this co-optation would have been as disturbing as it is. Would I have felt differently, if I had been like the other modern misses in school, who wouldn’t be caught speaking in Hindi, let alone engage in anything identified as too “vernacular” “behenji” or “desi.”

This film has had a peculiar history of people trying to make sure it doesn’t get seen. Mighty odd to expend all that energy on a short film, so please go and see what is annoying them so much.

In Whose Name? (2004, 11 mins.) is a filmic essay which explores the co-opting of icons by political agendas. This experimental short is told through personal narrative, Bollywood films, comic book art and home movies.

IAAC Fourth Annual Indian Diaspora Film Festival on Nov 7 at 3 p.m (Short Program 4). Anthology Film Archives at 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd street

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Tahini and Tears and Love Mom will be screened as part of the New York Musical Theater Festival:

Tuesday, September 28, 2:00PM; 70 minutes; $10
AMC Theatres Empire 25, 234 West 42nd St., between 7th and 8th Ave
http://nymf.org/MovieRI.htm

The Movie Musical Screening Series runs September 27 – 30 at the AMC Theatres Empire 25, 234 West 42nd St., between 7th and 8th Ave. The New York Musical Theatre Festival runs September 13 – October 3, 2004. Additional information, scheduling and ticketing on both the Series and the Festival is available at www.nymf.org or at 212-352-3101.

If you are in New York, and want to sample my neighborhood, come to this event.

Sunnyside Film Festival is a community-based Film&Video Show, free and open to anyone. Sunnyside Film Festival aims to build bridges between cultures by celebrating diversity of our neighborhood and connect our neighbors through artistic experience.
The 4th Annual Sunnyside Film Festival will be held
on Friday, September 17th
and Saturday, September 18th
at sunset, in Doughboy Park, Woodside
(54th Street between Skillman Ave. & 39th Dr.

Take the number 7 train to 52nd St.

Here is a map.

Tahini and Tears will be part of the movie musical program at the festival, and on HUGE screen! Also screening will be a short I edited, “Love Mom,” by Ted Sperling, I will attend the Q&A after the screening if I can, hopefully some of my colleagues will be there.

Tuesday, September 28, 2:00PM; 70 minutes; $10
AMC Theatres Empire 25, 234 West 42nd St., between 7th and 8th Ave

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Tahini and Tears and Eunuch Alley will be in the Paris Underground Film Festival! details coming soon.

Tahini and Tears will also be in the New York Musical Theater Festival. The Screening Series will run September 27 – 30 at the AMC Times Square (42nd St/8th Ave), right in the heart of the theatre district.

My latest project, a Ripfest film which I edited, was covered on Fox News. Director Ted Sperling (The Full Monty, Titanic) and star Tonya Pinkins (Tony award winner, and nominated for Caroline or Change by Tony Kushner) were interviewed.