Laughing Club of India
Indian
Cabaret
Pictures
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Mira
Nair's
"The
Laughing Club of India"
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Indian Cabaret
3 pm. Saturday, Nov. 8th
"The Laughing Club of India"
is a documentary that explores the power of
laughter through the strangely popular phenomenon of laughing
clubs in contemporary Bombay.
Founded by a medical doctor, Madan Kataria,
these clubs bring hundreds of people together, beyond caste or
class, to laugh for 40 minutes each day.
USA/India 2000. 35 Minutes
www.mirabaifilms.com
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"Indian Cabaret" is
a A documentary exploring the "respectable" and "immoral" stereotypes
of women in Indian society told from the point of view of 2 strip-tease
dancers in a cabaret house in Bombay.
Broadcast internationally on PBS in the USA,
Channel Four in England, and on Swedish, German, Finnish and Zimbabwean
television.
USA/India. 1986. 60 Minutes
www.mirabaifilms.com
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Time: Saturday,
November 8th. 3:00 PM
Location: Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (@ 2nd Street)
New York City
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