FREE FILM SCREENING
For the benefit of Maitri and AID
Dhyaas Parva (An Era of Yearning)
140
minutes, Marathi (with English subtitles) by
Indian
film director Amol Palekar
DATE:
Saturday, NOVEMBER 16, 2002
TIME:
6 p.m.
VENUE:
Stanford University, Building
200, Room 2
(visitor parking at the Oval,
very easy access to the building)
The screening will be
followed by a Q & A session with Amol Palekar
The event is free
and open to the public.
For
further details, check http://www.stanford.edu/group/SAI
or
call 408-730 4049.
Amol
Palekar is a brilliant filmmaker of contemporary Indian cinema. This is the first time that a film of his
will be presented in the Bay Area. Dhyaas Parva (140 minutes in Marathi
and subtitled in English) has won India’s National Award for 2001 as well as
six state awards and has received excellent reviews.
He
is scheduled to be at the screening for a discussion and question and answer
session.
The film is about Raghunath Karve, son of the great visionary, educationist as well as a social reformer, Maharshi Karve, and Raghunath’s exemplary, though unsung role in the introduction of family planning, birth control and liberation for women in India.