[Peace] Fwd: FW: Anand Patwardhan visit, 14-17 April

[Simona Sawhney]

Please come to some of the film screenings, if you can, and 
especially to the Miller Com event on Wed, April 17, at 7:30 pm. This 
man is one of the most politically engaged film makers in India.


>
>  >
>>  Anand Patwardhan on Campus, 14 - 17 April
>>
>  > Anand Patwardhan, independent documentary film maker, India, will 
>be on campus from 14 to 17 April 2002.  His
>  > films have won national and international recognition, including the
>>  Silver Dove, Leipzig, Germany, 1981; the Special Jury Prize, Cinema
>>  du Reel, France, 1986; the Ecumenical Prize, Nyon, Switzerland, 1993;
>>  Documentary Prize, Frihourg,  Switzerland, 1993; and the Citizen's
>>  Prize, Yamagata, Japan, 1993.
>>
>>  During his visit he will be present at three screenings of his
>  > documentaries, including his most recent one, War and Peace, plus
>  > several other events.  Below is a brief outline of these activities.
>  > For further details, see our website at
>  > http://www.uiuc.edu/providers/psames/events/, and the Center for
>>  Advanced Studies Miller Comm web pages at
>>  http://www.cas.uiuc.edu/MCarchiveSP02.html#4/17/02.
>>
>>
>  > Sunday, 14 April:
>  >
>  > 1:00-5:30 p.m.: Showing of WAR AND PEACE -- Room 101 Armory (Unit for
>  > Cinema Studies Screening Room)
>>
>>
>>  Monday, 15 April:
>>
>  > 7:30 p.m.: Screening of IN THE NAME OF GOD, followed by discussion --
>  > Room 101 Armory (Unit for Cinema Studies Screening Room)
>>
>>
>>  Tuesday, 16 April:
>>
>>  10 a.m.:  WILL-AM Focus 580 interview with David Inge
>>
>>  4:00-5:30 p.m. Seminar/workshop: Documentary film making and social
>>  activism in India (with IPRH, Unit for Criticism, Unit for Cinema
>>  Studies, PSAMES) -- Discussants:  Professors Suvir Kaul (English,
>>  IPRH, Unit for Criticism), Hans Henrich Hock (Linguistics and
>>  Sanskrit, and PSAMES), Ramona Curry (English, Cinema Studies, Women's
>>  Studies) -- Room 101 Armory (Unit for Cinema Studies Screening Room)
>>
>  > 7:30 P.M.: Screening of NARMADA DIARY, followed by discussion -- Room
>  > 101 Armory (Unit for Cinema Studies Screening Room)
>>
>>
>>  Wednesday, 17 April:
>>
>>  12 noon:  Documentary film making in India: A discussion, part of the
>>  series "Documenting Development", sponsored by the Asian Educational
>>  Media Service, the Center for African Studies, the Russian and East
>>  European Center, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
>>  the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and the Program
>>  in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.  -- Venue to be announced.
>>
>>  7:30 p.m.: CAS MillerComm event, A critical, yet caring lens: The
>>  politics of "identity" social justice, and the environment in
>>  contemporary India -- Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W.
>>  Illinois St., Urbana
>>