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Indian films in Manhattan. The Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival 2007, to be held between 7 and 11 November, will showcase South Asian features and documentaries .
Mira Nair, IAAC’s advisory board member, says, “The festival has given us a home for our work, our stories and our voices. And like I always believe, if we don‘t tell our own stories, no one else will.”
Fifty films will be screened at the festival, starting with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya, the first Indian co-production by Sony Pictures.
Other films include Gandhi, My Father, Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear and Dosar, and Valley of Flowers. The festival will also showcase films from Kuwait, France, the UK, the USA and Canada. |
