Here's a reminder... On 1/7/10, Nitin Karani <nitin.kar...@gmail.com> wrote: > *You are cordially invited to* > > * * > *Sunday High, 10 January 2010 -* Film screenings > > > > > > *The Color Purple* (based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer prize winning story) > > 154 min, English > > *Director:* Steven Spielberg > > *Cast:* Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey > > > > *Synopsis:* *The Color Purple* follows the life of Celie Johnson as she > struggles through life in the early 1900s. The film begins with Celie about > 17 years old, giving birth to her second child, sired by her father. Her > father takes the second child away from her and tells her never to tell > anyone about it. Time passes and a local farmer, "Mister", comes by to > marry > Celie's younger, prettier sister, Nettie. Her father refuses to let Nettie > marry and gives the man Celie instead. Mister neglects and abuses Celie > until Nettie comes by asking to stay with them, because the father can't > keep his hands off her. When Mister is unable to lure Nettie, he sends her > away, leaving Celie more distraught than ever. Nettie promises to write > unless death keeps her from it, but Celie never receives a letter. > Meanwhile, Mister's lover, Shug Avery, comes to visit and befriends Celie, > helping her to understand that she is more than Mister's servant. The movie > culminates in Celie leaving Mister with the threat that everything he > touches will fall apart until he does right by her. Mister finds compassion > and goes to the INS to help Celie's sister Nettie prove that she is a US > citizen and return from Africa where she has been living with Celie's two > children who had been given to a missionary and his wife. Celie is reunited > with Nettie and her two children in a heartfelt ending to an extraordinary > film. > > > > > > > > *Paragraph 175 - *gay survivors of the Nazi persecution because of the > German Penal Code of 1871 speak out for the first time > > 81min, English > > *Directors:* Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman > > *Narrator:* Rupert Everett > > *Synopsis: *By the 1920s, Berlin had become known as a homosexual eden, > where gay men and lesbians lived relatively open lives amidst an exciting > subculture of artists and intellectuals. With the coming to power of the > Nazis, all this changed. Between 1933 and 1945, 100,000 men were arrested > for homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the sodomy provision of the German > penal code. Some were imprisoned, others were sent to concentration camps. > Of the latter, only about 4,000 survived. Fewer than ten of these men were > known to be living at the time of this film. Five of them came forward to > tell their stories for the first time in this powerful new film, among > them: > the half-Jewish gay resistance fighter who spent the war helping refugees > in > Berlin; the German Christian photographer who was arrested and imprisoned > for homosexuality, then joined the army on his release because he "wanted > to > be with men"; the French Alsatian teenager who watched as his lover was > tortured and murdered in the camps. Their moving testimonies, rendered with > evocative images of their lives and times, tell a haunting, compelling > story > of human resilience in the face of unspeakable cruelty. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *Time:* 5 pm to 9 pm, with a 15-minute intermission after the first film. > > > > *Venue:* The Humsafar Trust's Drop-in Centre, 4th floor, Municipal Transit > Building (Vakola Municipal Market Building), Near Raheja Point and Vakola > Masjid, Santacruz (East), Mumbai. > > > > *Getting there:* It's approximately minimum fare by auto-rickshaw from > Santacruz station (East). You could also take routes 311 or 313. The same > routes also operate from Kurla (West) station.. > > > *Space courtesy:* The Humsafar Trust. > > > > Note: Programme subject to change without notice in unavoidable > circumstances. > > *Keep in touch with Bombay Dost via:* > > The Bombay Dost Wiki (http://bombay-dost.pbworks.com/) > > OR The Facebook Fan Page > (http://www.facebook.com/Bombay-Dost<http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Bombay-Dost/52817999936> > ) > > OR follow Bombaydost on Twitter (http://twitter.com/bombaydost > > OR subscribe to our Google SMS Channel ( > http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/BombayDost) > > OR E-mail us: bombaydost2...@gmail.com > > OR Google Wave: bombaydost2...@googlewave.com >
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