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2007 NEW YORK ARAB & SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Presented by ALWAN FOR THE ARTS February 23 - March 4, 2007
| For Immediate Release |
February 19, 2007 |
SPRINGER ASSOCIATES PR Gary Springer / D'Arcy Drollinger - 212-354-4660 gary@springerassociatespr.com, darcy@springerassociatespr.com |
2007 NEW YORK ARAB & SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL |
Presented by |
February 23 - March 4, 2007 |
The 2007 New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival (NYASAFF) presented by Alwan for the Arts and bringing the best in recent features, docs, & shorts that increase awareness of the creative vitality and sociopolitical realities of North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and their diasporas kicks off at the Tribeca Cinemas, Columbia University, Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Alwan for the Arts, and DCTV February 23 thru March 4, 2007. Given the historical and cultural affinities between these geographic regions, as well as the contemporary political landscape, several cultural and media organizations, including Alwan for the Arts, 3rd i NY, South Asian Women's Creative Collective, and Downtown Community Television have launched a collaborative series encompassing film, video, music, visual art, and literature, that will culminate in the annual, NYASA Film Festival. The festival will feature a retrospective of celebrated Tunisian director Nacer Khemir (who will also present a Master Class at Columbia) as well as sidebar programs of Palestinian Revolution Films; New Documentaries from Afghanistan; Next Generation South Asian Short Films from the UK; and Transfixed: Performance, Absence and Territory through the Lens - Experimental South Asian Shorts. Another notable section of the festival is "War Diaries," which will introduce the American public to unseen daily experiences of the people of Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. These images and scenes, which are markedly absent from the American nightly news, will be selected from footage donated by cameramen, videographer, and people living on the ground. Presented without commentary, and minimally edited by NYC-based filmmakers, "War Diaries" will be screened throughout the duration of our festival before features, on a flat screen monitor at Tribeca Cinemas Lobby, as well as projected in public spaces around New York City. |
General Admission is $10.00.
Festival Venues:
Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
(at Laight Street, one block below Canal).
Columbia University Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway at 116 St
Columbia University 511 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway at 116th Street
Columbia University Schermerhorn Auditorium, 1190 Amsterdam Ave between 116th & 120th St.
Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 East 3rd Street New York, NY (at Avenue A)
Alwan For the Arts, 16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10004 (b/w Broad and Broadway)
DCTV, 87 Lafayette Ave, #2, New York (two blocks south of Canal)
For more information on the 2007 New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival call: 212-967-4318
