7pm Screening followed by discussion with director Rakesh Sharma
UIC Behavioral Sciences Building, Room 250, 1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago
Screening is free and open to the public. Donations of $5 or more are highly encouraged to cover the cost of the screening. Parking: There are two visitor parking facilities across the street from BSB. Parking is $5.
Public transportation: near Halsted stop on the Blue Line and near several CTA bus lines.
Full flier, info, and driving directions at www.sapacchicago.org
Co-Sponsors: Indian Muslim Council-USA, Fateh, UIC International Studies Program, South Asian
Progressive Collective, Students for Social Justice, The Public Square.
For more information call or email: (708) 466-0244 or [email protected]; (312) 993-0682 or
[email protected]. Set in Gujarat, India, Final Solution examines the aftermath of the deadly violence that followed the burning of 58 Hindus on the Sabarmati Express train at Godhra on February 27, 2002. In
�reaction� to that incident, some 2,500 Muslims were brutally murdered, hundreds of women raped, and more than 200,000 families driven from their homes. Borrowing its reference from the history of Nazism,
the title of the film exposes what the film director calls �Indian Fascism.�
This is a powerful and skillfully developed account of the fearsome mechanisms generated by the politics of hate. A brilliant documentary, which performs an autopsy of this pogrom in South Asia, this film is also relevant to a broader audience interested in exploring the global geo-politics of violence and state-sponsored terror.
Winner of:
Best Documentary & Critic's Choice at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The Wolfgang Staudte Award & Special Jury Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
THURSDAY, NOV. 11: South Asian Queer Shorts
8:30pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St., Chicago
Showcasing four films from LARZISH: Tremors of a Revolution, the 1st International Film Festival of Sexuality and Gender Plurality, Mumbai, India, 2003 at Reeling, 23rd Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film
Festival 2004
Ph: 773-293-1447
www.Chicagofilmmakers.org
Ticket: $7 (or festival passes)
One of its kind in India, LARZISH is a festival of films that address sexuality and gender issues. It is a fitting
answer to the state, which recently proclaimed that homosexuality couldn�t be tolerated in India. This program of four films is being screened in the Reeling, 23rd Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival 2004.
Gautam Bhan, a queer activist, writer and performance artist from New Delhi, India, currently studying at the University of Chicago will introduce this program of four films. Gautam is closely related to the Larzish Festival and queer movements in India.
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