{"id":65000,"date":"2009-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/india-film-festival-starts-this-week-as-part-of-uri-honors-colloquium\/"},"modified":"2009-09-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T00:00:00","slug":"india-film-festival-starts-this-week-as-part-of-uri-honors-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/09\/india-film-festival-starts-this-week-as-part-of-uri-honors-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"India Film Festival starts this week as part of 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t1956 Cannes Film Festival winner highlights opening weekend<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 22, 2009 \u2013 According to legend, Satyjit Ray had never directed a scene before taking on Pather Panchali in 1955. With an inexperienced cast and crew and a paltry budget, Ray churned out a film that in 2005 Time Magazine rated among the best 100 films of all time.<\/p>\n


\n\tOn Friday, Sept. 25, Pather Panchali will be screened as part of the India Film Festival, a three-part series of films from India that will be screened at the 溏心vlog免费B站 over the next three months. The film series is part of the University\u2019s 2009 Honors Colloquium, Demystifying India. Pather Panchali will be shown in the Swan Hall Auditorium on Friday (6 p.m.). <\/p>\n


\n\tThe first weekend of films in the series features colonial and classical era films from India, starting with Pather Panchali. Translated to Saga of the Road in English, Pather Panchali is adapted from the novel of Bengali writer B.B. Bandopaddhyay. In his directoral debut, Ray interpreted the relationship of a young Bengali boy and his family in his film, which won the Jury Prize at the 1956 Cannes Film festival. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIndia is the largest movie producing nation in the world, and Indian film reflects the enormously rich and varied cultures and viewpoints that make up India itself,\u201d said Rebecca Romanow of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Film Studies Program, who organized the festival. \u201cWhile film production began in India as early as 1896, largely as a by-product of the British colonialist presence, with independence in 1947, Indian cinema emerged as an expression of nationalism, with early influences of historical Indian and Sanskrit epics. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis developed into the hugely popular Hindi film and the emergence of Bollywood, and has been further expanded and changed by regional cinemas, including the independent cinemas of Bengal, Tamil, and Kashmir among others. India is the largest democracy in the world, and Indian cinema surely reflects an incredibly wide range of film experiences. We are hoping to give our film festival viewers a taste of that extraordinary experience.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe second part of the series will focus on women in Indian films, Oct. 23 through 24, while the final segment will feature the Bollywood film industry, Nov. 13 through 14. The festival is free and open to the public. For detailed film descriptions, visit www.uri.edu\/hc\/2009\/filmfestival\/Colonial\/ <\/p>\n


\n\tOther films to be screened this weekend will be:<\/p>\n


\nFRIDAY, SEPT. 25<\/p>\n


\nMother India \u2013 Swan Hall, Room 304, 6 p.m.

\nAar-paar \u2013 Swan Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n


\nSATURDAY, SEPT. 26<\/p>\n


\nSwan Hall Auditorium

\nThe River \u2013 1 p.m.

\nAnkur [The Seedling] \u2013 3 p.m.<\/p>\n


\nSwan Hall, Room 304

\nMegha Dhaka Tara [Cloud-Capped Star], 1 p.m.

\nJunoon [The Obsession], 3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

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