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PROGRAM 26, 1:30 p.m.
Directors Guild of America, Theatre Three
COSMIC CURRENT
(Canada, 2004) Dir./Wtr.: Anand Ramayya
When a life-threatening illness strikes his family, Indo-Canadian
filmmaker Anand Ramayya finds himself on a modern-day spiritual
pilgrimage to India. Heís joined by his traditional Hindu
mother, Jaya, his psychologist/filmmaker father, Ray, and his Japanese
rock star brother, Raj. From Saskatchewan and Japan to the south
of India, what unfolds is an intimate and entertaining portrait
of a family trying to reconnect. Their vivid and revelation-filled
journey takes them to Tirupati, an ancient site of Hindu worship
in India. Theyíve come at the request of Jaya, to pray for
her health. It is the first time the family has been together in
India for 25 years, and the road is filled with surprises. This
quirky documentary mixes first-person diary cam, lively interviews,
and on-the-fly footage to put a fresh spin on universal questions
of ethnicity, home and self. The pilgrimage ends by transforming
a family that had grown apart.
Video, 50 minutes, Color, Documentary
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TUMERIC WATERS
(United States/India, 2005) Dir./Wtr.: Rani Grassi Breslow
TUMERIC WATERS explores the ìcoming of ageî ceremony
of South India. The practice of celebrating the young girlís
first menstrual period is one of the rituals that are set-aside
from the girl-child in India. The tumeric, a bright yellow root
is used for its ìcleansingî properties to bathe the
young girl child. This ancient ceremony is still practiced today
although in a modified version in India and its Diaspora.
Video, 38 minutes, Color, Documentary |
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