November 9, 2022

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SHANKAR'S FAIRIES

Irfana Majumdar, 93min, India, 2021

Nov 9 | 6:00 PM | REGAL Renton #3

India, 1962. Shankar is the indispensable servant on the estate of the parents of little Anjana and her brother. The little girl loves his fantastical stories and follows him around. Newly independent India is still class-bound and exploitative. The mother handles the servants with a tough hand and the father commands his force with authority. Meanwhile, in the village, Shankar’s daughter gets sick, and he would like to go home…

SHOEBOX

Faraz Ali, 98min, India, 2021

Nov 9 | 8:00 PM | REGAL Renton #3

"It is without doubt, one of the finest, most present movies of our time....a work of cultural criticism, of archiving a city in a moment of flux"- Film Companion

Mampu watches her father struggling to keep his single-screen theatre alive - as her hometown Allahabad acquires a new name and starts losing traces of its past.

YESTERDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

Q&A with Vijayeta Kumar and Rahila Bootwaala

In partnership with the Seattle Public Library, Tasveer presented two important films yesterday on how women are navigating patriarchy in India with resilience. In the Q&A that followed, Vijayeta Kumar talked about having an all women crew for her film and why she will keep it that way, going forward, and Rahila Bootwaala described how the idea for her film sprang from a moment of feminist inspiration while she was struggling to keep her production company afloat.

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