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ENZIAN & THE ASIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION PRESENT

BEYOND BOLLYWOOD

FILM FESTIVAL 2015

2 1 s t A N N U A L

Intimate and unsettling, AMONG THE

BELIEVERS charts the personal crusade

of firebrand Pakistani cleric Abdul Aziz

Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban

ally, and The Red Mosque organization,

whose schools (madrassas) are training

thousands of young children to take part

in jihad (holy war). With unprecedented

access, the filmmakers follow Aziz, his

longtime opponent, education reformer

Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, and school children

Talha and Zarina—two teenagers on

entirely different educational paths in

the religious and secular systems. This

eye-opening doc, by turns terrifying and

heartbreaking, offers a rare insight into

the ideological battle between moderate

and fundamentalist forces that is shaping

modern Pakistan and the Muslim world.

A M O N G T H EB E L I E V E R S

USA/PAKISTAN, 2015, 84 MIN,

DIRECTED BY HEMAL TRIVEDI &

MOHAMMED ALI NAQVI, NOT RATED

(BUT COMPARABLE TO PG-13),

IN ENGLISH AND URDU WITH

ENGLISH SUBTITLES

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 1:45 PM

Filmmaker In Attendance!

Southeast Premiere!

“Riveting and beautifullybalanced.”Liz Whittemore, REEL NEWS DAILY

1 3 0 0 S O U T H O R L A N D O AV E . M A I T L A N D , F L 3 2 7 5 1

Winner of two awards at the 2015 Berlin

Film Festival and fresh from its US

Premiere as the Closing Night Gala of

the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles,

Nagesh Kukunoor’s (HYDERABAD

BLUES) enchanting fable is the stunning

tale of orphaned siblings who embark on a

journey across Rajasthan in an attempt to

meet the great Shah Rukh Khan. 10-year-

old Pari is the responsible older sister to

Chotu, her high-spirited blind brother on

the brink of his 9th birthday. When the

two learn the actor is filming only a few

hundred kilometers from their village, they

sneak away from their aunt and uncle’s

home and set out to meet the superstar.

What follows is a colorful, touching, and

humorous trek filled with magic and music

that perfectly captures the innocence and

adventure of childhood.

DHANAK (RAINBOW)EAST COAST PREMIERE!

INDIA, 2015, 103 MIN, DIRECTED BY

NAGESH KUKUNOOR, NOT RATED

(BUT COMPARABLE TO PG), IN HINDI

WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 11 AM

“Wonderfully uplifting…an incredibly moving andinspiring story.” William Brownridge,

TORONTO FILM SCENE

“When the goddess of wealth comes, she brings

trouble with her, too.” And so it unfolds in

Phulambri, a village in Maharashtra struggling

to maintain its gentle rhythms and traditions

in the face of endemic corruption. Lonely

widow Budhi—distraught since her farmer

son, drowning in debt, took his own life—has

nonetheless found comfort and balance among

her fellow villagers. Most of them are as poor

as she is, but unfailingly generous with whatever

they have, be it goat’s milk for tea or freshly

baked bread. That delicate balance is upended

the moment a politician shoves a few 1000-rupee

notes into Budhi’s hands at a campaign rally,

setting off a chain of events that will take her to

the brink of despair and back again. This deeply

humanistic morality tale won the Silver Peacock

for Best Feature Film at the 2014 International

Film Festival of India.

1 0 0 0 R U P E E N O T E ( E K H A Z A R AC H I N O T E )

INDIA, 2014, 89 MIN, DIRECTED

BY SHRIHARI SATHE, NOT RATED

(BUT COMPARABLE TO PG),

IN MARATHI WITH ENGLISH

SUBTITLES

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 11 AM

Filmmaker In Attendance!

Southeast Premiere!

“A must watch for Usha Naik’s effortless acting and mind-blowing performance. Shrihari (Sathe) has struck gold with his first film.”

Mihir Bhanage, THE TIMES

OF INDIA

Laila (the sensational Kalki Koechlin) is a

young romantic, a secret rebel in a wheelchair.

Undeterred by cerebral palsy, the University of

Delhi college student embarks on a journey of

sexual discovery and accepts a full scholarship

to New York University. Her exhilarating

adventures cause a rift within herself and with

those she is closest to. Ultimately, it is in the

intensity of these bonds that she finds the

strength to truly be herself. Filmed with a light,

elegant touch, Shonali Bose’s (AMU) second

feature is an emotionally direct, accessible, and

sweet study of disability and sexuality that has

won numerous festival awards including the

NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 2014

Toronto International Film Festival.

M A R G A R I TA , W I T H A S T R AW

INDIA, 2014, 100 MIN, DIRECTED

BY SHONALI BOSE, NOT RATED

(BUT COMPARABLE TO R FOR

MATURE CONTENT), IN ENGLISH

AND HINDI WITH ENGLISH

SUBTITLES

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 1:45 PM

“An unexpected delight of charm and substance.”

Dennis Harvey, VARIETY

At the cusp of 30 and devastated by the breakup

of a long-term relationship, Indian-American

actor Ravi Patel has reached the breaking point

with Western-style courtship. A despondent

Ravi and his filmmaking sister Geeta fly to India

to see their relatives, and Ravi notes how their

parents, Champa and Vasant, who met via a

traditional Indian arranged marriage, are still

happy and together after 35 years. Eventually,

Ravi decides to give his parents’ method a try

and allow them to arrange the perfect mate

for him—all while his sister films it. Anybody

who’s ever dated or faced parental pressure

to get hitched will relate to Ravi’s uproarious

humiliations. Winner of the Audience Award at

the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival, MEET THE

PATELS is an incredibly witty commentary on

how ancient marriage rituals clash with modern

attitudes of romance and self-determination.

M E E T T H E PAT E L S

USA/INDIA, 2014, 88 MIN,

DIRECTED BY GEETA V. PATEL &

RAVI V. PATEL, RATED PG, IN

ENGLISH, GUJARATI AND HINDI

WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 6:30 PM

W/ POST-FILM SKYPE Q&A

“One of the funniestdocumentaries I’ve ever seen.” Scott Feinberg,

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