Film

Cinema India

Union Theatre
March 28 to April 2
229-4070

“The Politics of Water: Environmental Films from India”

7 p.m. Thursday, March 30
Free

“Dam/Age”

(Aradhana Seth, India, 50 min., DV, 2002)

“The Algebra of Water”

(Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal, India, 48 min., DV, 2004)

Examining the consequences of development and globalization and the urgent need for state accountability and the freedom of speech, “Dam/Age” traces writer Arundhati Roy's bold and controversial campaign against the Narmada dam project in India, which will displace up to a million people.

“The Algebra of Water” examines the severe economic divide in India and the role of water in it. The children of the rich attend parties in artificial blizzards and monsoons, and the town cars of the urban elite are washed daily, while the poor scratch out a living through the countryside.

“Parineeta” (“The Married Woman”)

7 p.m. Friday, March 31; 9 p.m. Saturday, April 1; 4 p.m. Sunday, April 2
$4, $5

(Pradeep Sarkar, India, 130 min., Hindi with English subtitles, 35mm, 2005)

Set in vibrant 1960s Calcutta, the film follows the lives of longtime friends and neighbors who develop a deep love for each other. Adapted from the novel by legendary Indian writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

“Hari Om”

4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1; 7 p.m. Sunday, April 2
$4, $5

(Bharatbala, India, 117 min., Hindi/French/English w/Eng. St., DV, 2004)

Hari Om, a rickshaw driver hiding from debt collectors, agrees to drive French tourist Isa across the desert to find her boyfriend Benoit, who caught a train without her rather than miss a business meeting. The resulting road trip through the Rajasthan desert follows the unlikely trio as they experience the true spirit of India.

“American Desi”

7 p.m. Saturday, April 1 Free

(Piyush Dinker Pandya, U.S./India, 100 min., Eng., DV, 2001)

A romantic comedy focusing on the lives of second generation Indians in America and raised in New Jersey. Krishnagopal Reddy (Deep Katdare), the son of immigrant Indians, has long resisted his parents' traditions and values. Kris eagerly departs for college in the hopes of finally living a “normal American” life, only to find himself surrounded by several other Indian students all struggling with their identities.

Music

Neko Case with Martha Wainwright

8 p.m. Thursday, March 30

Pabst Theater
144 E. Wells St.
286-3663
pabsttheatre.org
$15

DVDs

“Devdas” by Sanjay Leela Bhansali (India, 2002)
“The Lovers of the Arctic Circle” by Julio Medem (Spain, 1998)
“Mauvais Sang” by Leos Carax (France, 1986)

Downloads

“In Love with Myself” by David Guetta
“Tocando em Frente” by Maria Bethânia
“Stupid Girls” by Pink

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