2003 Asian American Film Series
Wednesday, April 23
MISS INDIA GEORGIA
(Daniel Friedman and Sharon Grimberg/1997/57
min/VHS)
During
the hectic weeks leading up to the "Miss India Georgia" pageants,
four contestants disclose the complexity of their feelings about growing
up in the U.S. as children of immigrant parents.
"A poignant, affecting look at growing up Indian in the white, suburban South." (Mira Nair, director, Mississippi Masala; Monsoon Wedding)
TURBANS
(Erika Surat Anderson/1997/25 min/VHS)
Explores the inner struggles of an Asian
Indian immigrant family torn between their cultural traditions and the desire
for social acceptance in America.
Special Guest: S. Sridhar, Professor and Chair, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies