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From: Nikishka Iyengar <nikishka.iyengar@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/7/1
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Hi Chandni,
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VIKALP@PRITHVI
Monday, 29th June, 2009
7 pm & 9:30 pm
When Nahid Persson Sarvestani, an Iranian exile, set out to make a documentary about Farrah, the wife of the Shah of Iran, she expected to encounter her opposite. As a child, Persson Sarvestani had lived in dire poverty, watching Farrah’s wedding as if it were a fairy tale. As a teenager, she joined the Communist faction of Khomeini’s revolution that deposed the Shah, sending him and his family volleying from country to country. When Khomeini betrayed his promise for democracy, imposing more violent measures than the Shah had, Persson Sarvestani was also forced to flee.
Thirty years later, she needs key questions answered and goes directly to the source. Queen Farrah welcomes her as a fellow refugee from their beloved homeland, granting unprecedented access. Over the next year and a half, Persson Sarvestani enters the queen’s world, planning to challenge the Shah’s ideology; instead, she must rethink her own.
When Persson Sarvestani’s prior opposition to the Shah surfaces, the queen shuts down filming. Yet, in the struggle to understand each other’s experiences, an unlikely friendship has blossomed. Confronting Farrah about the Shah’s repression has become not only a political conflict but a personal one, and Persson Sarvestani’s objectivity is shaken.
Both are women living in exile.
Over time, the two confront each other about their past, question their former beliefs, and share their grievances. Their relationship grows as they realize they have much in common as two strong women who have risen above hardships to continue evolving towards a positive future.
In this gripping, poignant consideration of subjectivity as truth, we learn that people write history. And can also heal it. The Queen and I, made by a former revolutionary who helped to overthrow the monarchy in Iran’s 1979 revolution, couldn’t be more relevant as we reach across our own political aisles.
Filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani began a formalized study of television and film production in Sweden, and in 2003 attended Dramatiska Institutet. She has made several films in Iran under challenging conditions, among them Prostitution Behind the Veil, for which the Iranian authorities detained her for more than three months.
The Queen and I
Swedish/ 2008/ 90 mins
Director: Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Editor: Zinat S. Lloyd
Music: Mirage
Cinematographer: Nicklas Karpaty
Sound: Rostm Persson, William Kaplan, Arvid Lind
Publicist: Sara Vahabi
* No Entry Fee. Limited Seating.
* Prithvi House, Opposite Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu, Mumbai.
* The registration desk will be open between 6 pm to 6:45 pm and 8:30 to 9:15 pm.
* For more information, write to us at vikalp.prithvi@gmail.com
* For screening queries contact Anand Patwardhan 9819882244 Lynne Henry 9820896425
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From: Siddharth Narrain
*Bengaluru to Celebrate Queer Pride for the Second Time*
**After last year’s successful and vibrant queer pride march, which saw over
600 people celebrating and affirming queer lives in Bengaluru alone,
Karnataka is gearing up for its second edition christened Karnataka Queer
Habba. This year we as individuals and organisations, under the banner of
Campaign for Sex-workers and Sexual Minorities Rights (CSMR), have decided
to extend the festivities to a week beginning with a cricket match on June
21st and culminating with the pride march on June 28th. Come celebrate
along with us as Bangalore’s LGBTQ community paints the town pink on
the*28th June 2009
*. Like last year, this time too the pride march will begin at National
College, Basavanagudi at 2:00 p.m and go up to Puttanachetty Town Hall via
Sajjan Rao Circle and Minerva Circle and will culminate with a series of
speeches as we gather on the Town Hall steps. Celebrities including actress
Arundhati Nag will address the celebration at the end of the march.
After the success of last year’s pride we have decided to host an even
bigger event christened “Karnataka Queer Habba” this year. As a run up to
this year’s Pride March we will be hosting *a week of events *across the
city. The events will include:
*“Queering the Pitch”: Cricket Match*
- When : Sunday, June 21st, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Where : RBANMS Play Ground, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Ulsoor.
- Contact : Gurukiran 98803 65692 or Sunil 99450 90301
*Dalit-Sexual Minorities Dialogue on Stigma and Discrimination*
- When : Monday, June 22nd, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Where : Indian Social Institute, 24 Benson Road
- Contact : Manohar 96322 23460
*Release of Human Rights Watch Report - This Alien Legacy: The Origins of
“Sodomy” Laws in British Colonialism **-** followed by a discussion **“**Laws
that Terrorise: Threats to Indian Democracy**”*
- When : Tuesday, June 23rd, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Where : Institute of Agricultural Technologies, Queens
Road.
- Contact : Arvind 99800 10933
*Pirat Dyke Film Screening of One in Ten (by Aarthi Parthasarathy) and Desert Hearts (by Donna Deitch)*
- When : Wednesday, June 24th, 5:30 p.m.
- Where : Swabhava Office, 4th Floor, No. 1., M.S. Plaza,
13th A Cross, 4th Main Road, Sampangiramnagar (opposite Sampangiramnagar
Police Station)
- Contact : Nitya 99164 82928
*Public Discussion on Religion and Sexuality*
- When : Thursday, June 25th, 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Where : United Theological College (UTC), Millers Road
- Contact : Shubha 92434 46105*
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*Evening of Theatre and Dance Performance*
- When : Friday, June 26th, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Where : St. Josephs College of Commerce auditorium
- Contact : Sumati 98451 65143
*Story Telling Sessions*
- When : Saturday, June 27th, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Where : Cubbon Park
- Contact : Deepak 93437 63497
* *
*Bengaluru Pride 2009***
- When : *Sunday, June 28th*, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Where : National College Basavanagudi to Puttanachetty
Town Hall via Sajjan Rao Circle, Minerva Circle and J.C. Road
- Contact : Siddharth 98450 01168 or Nithin 98860 81269
Email: bengalurupride@gmail.com
Website: www.bengalurupride.org
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dear shubhangi- greetings from udaipur. can you pls share the attached invitations (in hindi and english) for Swaraj University with youth and organizations that you are in touch with? we need your help to get the word out, particularly to school walkouts. thanks. love, manish Manish Jain
Shikshantar: The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development 83 Adinath Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 313004 INDIA Tel: 91-294-245-1303 Fax: 91-294-245-1925 Web: www.swaraj.org/shikshantar |
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Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action & Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan invite you to
the long-awaited release of SCRIPTS, issue no. 12, the queer zine published by LABIA with a range of queer writings on the theme of censorship {accompanied by select readings on censorship that is done by the state, others and our own selves}
the release of the Human Rights Watch report An Alien Legacy in Hindi {Ek Parayi Virasat} by its author, lawyer and activist Alok Gupta {This report is about how laws in over three dozen countries, from India to Uganda and from Nigeria to Papua New Guinea, derive from a single law on homosexual conduct that British colonial rulers imposed on India in 1860.}
a brief talk on censorship in our times by Bishakha Datta, well-known feminist activist and filmmaker
the screening of Saba Dewan’s fascinating documentary THE OTHER SONG {The final in Saba's trilogy focusing on stigmatised women performers, the film brings us face to face with the enigmatic figure of the tawaif, courtesan, bai ji and the contested terrain of her art practise and lifestyle. } 120 min / Hindi,Urdu & English with English subtitles
June 23, 2009 at 06:30 p.m. K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400 001 Tel.: +91 (22) 22 02 77 10
Please be in your seats by 6.30 pm as it promises to be a packed evening in every sense! Those who are punctual may be assured of a cup of hot chai
LESBIANS ON THE LINE 9833278171 Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays (5pm - 8pm) You can also reach us at: LABIA/ Stree Sangam P.O. Box 16613 Mumbai 400 019. |
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