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PUNCHES N PONYTAILS
Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 2008; 74 min. US Premiere
In Hindi and Marathi with English subtitles. |
Synopsis:
Two Indian women boxers wrestle with their day-to-day existence in a sport dominated by men. One of the boxers, comprehending her own sexuality, deals with the complexities it raises, while feeling the need to prove that she too can box like the older brother she admires. The other struggles with the limitations of her own body as she fights for the approval of her coach. Using a cinema verité style, Kumar draws a portrait of a changing India as he follows their lives, struggles and fights for over two years. |
Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar graduating from Pune’s Film and Television Institute in 1992, and specialising in Film Editing, Pankaj was assisted editor on Sekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen. After editing documentaries and TV serials, he made his first film KUMAR TALKIES. Subsequently, Pankaj has become a one man crew producing, directing, shooting and editing his own films.
(Pather Chujaeri, The Vote, Gharat, 3 Men and a Bulb). Pankaj was awarded an Asia Society fellowship at Harvard Asia Centre (2003). |
Screening Venue:
Tribeca Cinemas 2. Saturday, November 8 at 9 PM.
Tickets for Tribeca Cinemas |
The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. November 6 at 9 PM.
Tickets for Jazz at Lincoln Center |
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