CONTENTS International Competition Jury Films Cinema of the ...
CONTENTS International Competition Jury Films Cinema of the ...
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Shot on-location on <strong>the</strong> streets <strong>of</strong> Bombay, Mira Nair's Salaam<br />
Bombay! is <strong>the</strong> gritty tale <strong>of</strong> Krishna (Shafiq Syed, a runaway<br />
discovered by Nair), a boy kicked out <strong>of</strong> his home, and<br />
abandoned by <strong>the</strong> travelling circus he had joined. In desperation,<br />
he uses <strong>the</strong> little money he has to buy a one-way ticket to <strong>the</strong><br />
nearest city, which turns out to be Bombay.<br />
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September 11<br />
India, 2002, 11 minutes 9 seconds and one frame<br />
Director: Mira Nair<br />
Screenplay: Sabrina Dhawan<br />
Camera: Declan Quinn<br />
Editor: Allyson C. Johnson<br />
Production Dsign: Alain Brigand<br />
Cast: Tanvi Azmi, Kapil Bawa, Taleb Adlah<br />
Synopsis<br />
Based on <strong>the</strong> true story <strong>of</strong> Talat Hamdani who lost her son, Salman,<br />
on September 11, and believed he was being unjustly detained<br />
by <strong>the</strong> Government for questioning .<br />
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So Far From India<br />
USA, 1982, 42 minutes<br />
Director: Mira Nair<br />
Camera: Mitch Epstein<br />
Editor: Ann Schaetzel<br />
Sound: Alex Griswold<br />
Production & Sales: Mirabai <strong>Films</strong><br />
Synopsis<br />
Ashok Sheth is one <strong>of</strong> many Indian immigrants working in subway<br />
newsstands in New York City. This documentary follows his journey<br />
back home to Ahmedabad, where he is forced to confront <strong>the</strong><br />
conflicts between his ancestral culture and his new life in America.
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