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The Sari Soldiers
MCC THEATER
Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, The Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties. When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly about the atrocity. The army abducts her daughter in retaliation, and Devi embarks on a three-year struggle to uncover her daughter’s fate and see justice done. Julie Bridgham, 90 min, Nepali/English, 2008, US/Nepal.
An Evening of Classical Indian Music and Dance
MCC THEATER
Raagmala and the MCC set out yet again to enthrall audiences this May.
This time, we have a classical Indian music-dance combo with exciting heights of caliber. On the Mohan Veena (a highly modified archtop guitar) we have Grammy Award Winner Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, the prime disciple of Pt.Ravi Shankar. Accompanying him on the Tabla will be Pt.Samir Chatterjee. Samarpita Bajpai, an accomplished dancer in the 'Kuchipudi' style will be matching the duo's tunes and rhythm. Tickets $5 students / $15 general. Contact the A.S. Ticket Office at 805-893-2064.
Birthright: Mothering Across Difference
MCC THEATER
BIRTHRIGHT represents one of the most underrepresented phenomena in contemporary gendered experiences: the transformation of womanhood through the experience of mothering. The film shows that while motherhood is differently experienced across social, racial and classed locations, women share gender constraints in their lives. The audience is anyone interested in mothers and mothering. The film will especially address the needs of multicultural, women and mothers, including nontraditional mothers. Celine Parreñas Shimizu, 75 min, English, 2009, USA.
Cup of Culture
Paradise Now
MCC THEATER
A 2006 Golden Globe winner for best foreign language film, Paradise Now intensely and powerfully tells the story of two lifelong friends that are tapped by an unidentified Palestinian resistance organization to carry out a suicide bombing together in Tel Aviv. Hany Abu-Assad, 91 min., Arabic and English, 2005, Palestine.
