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        Laughing Club of India 
        Indian 
          Cabaret 
        Pictures 
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          Reviews 
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         Mira 
          Nair's  
        "The 
          Laughing Club of India"  
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          Indian Cabaret   
        3 pm. Saturday, Nov. 8th  
        
           
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               "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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