Arab, Iranian & Asian Video Festival Shorts IV

3rd I NY and Alwan present CROSSING OutLINES: Arab, Iranian & Asian Video Festival. 3rd I NY is a monthly film and music salon showcasing independent filmmakers and dj’s/musicians of South Asia and South Asian descent. 3rd I NY is affiliated with 3rd I, a national network with chapters in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. 3rd I is committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through
independent film. Alwan seeks to promote the arts and culture of Iran and the Arab World. Alwan has chapters in New York, Washington, D.C. and Houston.

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SHORTS IV

Voices of The Morning: Meena Nanji, 1992, 15 min.

Inspired byNawal El Sadaawi’s The Hidden Face of Eve, this is a poetic exploration of Muslim women’s lives. It follows the socialization process of young woman living under Orthodox Islamic Sharia law. Resisting traditional definitions of a woman’s role in society as only a dutiful daughter or wife, she struggles to find a space for her existence amidst the web of conditions imposed upon her by restrictive familial and societal conventions. Starring Sarita Choudhury (Mississippi Masala).

Home: Raeshma Razvi, USA, 2002, 56 min.

Home is the story of two Indian-American families grappling with major life changes when they each decide to forego a place called home. Shot in an observational style, the film examines the nature of “home” as the two families work to define it in Chicago, Illinois, and Hyderabad, India. Raeshma Razvi was a 2001 Open Society Institute fellow.

And The Carpet Wrapped The Globe: Pranaya Chulet, USA, 2003, 18 min.

A mother and son escape the violence in Kashmir and open a carpet store in New York. The son, suffering from a mental condition, views scenes of violence in the Middle East on TV and has a negative reaction…

Part of the Arab, Iranian & Asian Video Festival.