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Queens Museum of Art
NYC Bldg, Flushing Meadows Park
Corona, NY 11368-3398
718.592.9700 x222, www.queensmuseum.org.
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Mahindra Indo - American Arts Council Film Festival
travels to the Queens Museum of Art
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2008 FROM 3 - 8PM
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Join us for an afternoon screening of two selections from the 2008 MIAAC Film Festival showcasing the finest Indian independent and diaspora films. *Note: All works shown on video*
The Queens Museum of Art is also proud to host IAAC's annual South Asian visual arts exhibition Erasing Borders on view
October 19 - November 19th, 2008.
$10 day pass, includes admission to museum, entry for all films, and free soda & candy!
Advance Tickets Click here
or purchase day of the event only at museum. |
3 pm: Colour of Passion/Rang Rasiya
(Ketan Mehta, India, 2008, 130 min, Hindi with English ST)
The life of an artist who imprinted the iconography of Hindu gods and goddesses upon a billion minds, Raja Ravi Varma's life as an iconoclast who dared mass-produce his prints, becomes a sensuously beautiful and bold film in director Ketan Mehta's latest venture. From his early days under royal patronage to his trial for blasphemy for his increasingly eroticized work, Mehta brings to life the artist's search for his muse, the birth of Indian modern art, the dawn of Indian cinema, and inspiring the Indian independence movement. With Paresh Rawal, Nandana Sen.
**Queens Premiere** |
6 pm: Amal
(Richie Mehta, Canada, 2007, 101 min, English & Hindi, English ST)
First-time director Richie Mehta makes a gently humorous debut with this wry, fable-like tale of contemporary India. When Amal, an autorickshaw driver (a sensitive portrayal by Rupinder Nagra) in chaotic New Delhi, generously allows a dishonest, seemingly homeless curmudgeon to cheat him of his fare, strange events are set in motion that affect both in far-reaching ways. Mehta, who also co-wrote the film, conveys with immediacy the noise and chaos of a burgeoning working-class Delhi, as its members rub shoulders and scruples with the new rich classes. Amal is a powerful and touching story of one man's decency. Also with Koel Purie, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Roshan Seth.
**Queens Premiere** |
Directions: Take 7 train to Shea Stadium/Willets Point stop and take the boardwalk into Flushing Meadows Park. Take the path on the right, walk 10 minutes past US Tennis Ctr towards the Unisphere. The museum is just to the right of the Unisphere.
Map & Detailed Driving Directions to the Queens Museum of Art: http://www.queensmuseum.org/information/directions.htm. Free Parking is available. |
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| Public Events at the Queens Museum of Art are supported by funds from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs,The Ford Foundation, and Independence Community Foundation. |
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