Event Date and Time:
November 13, 2009
12:00pm
Location:
Department of Cinema Studies, Michelson Theater
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
Suggested viewing at MIAAC09: How We Celebrate Freedom, Tahaan, Sikandar, Omar, Barbed Wire and Beautiful Skies.
From fictional narratives to documentary, from feature films for the big screen to multi-media and short films on the web, the complexities of Kashmir as investigated and interpreted by filmmakers in India and in the US is the subject of this panel. With JOHN HALPERN producer of two segments for MTV Iggy and his own Kashmir Once Paradise, (in progress); SANJAY KAK, director of the documentary How We Celebrate Freedom; and SANJAY SURI, actor, Sikandar.
GYAN PRAKASH, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Princeton University, will chair the panel.
MIAAC@NYU is a new series of panel discussions on Indian film and film culture presented by the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council in conjunction with NYU Tisch School of the Arts’s Department of Cinema Studies. The series will bring together eminent filmmakers, scholars and practitioners of Indian film to illuminate aspects of the MIAAC 2009 Film Festival program.
Panel Admission Information:
Panels are free for NYU students, faculty, and staff, MIAAC festival guests, and NYWIFT members. A MIAAC 2009 Film Festival ticket stub is required for the general public.
ALL panel attendees must register online in advance to guarantee a seat. Please email your name, and the panel(s) you want to attend to MIAAC.NYU@gmail.com.
Registered attendees must arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the panel start time to claim their seat.
