Sunday, March 25, 11:45am, UNC Charlotte main campus, Fretwell 100 (Campus map)
Sponsored by the Charlotte Asian Film Festival, the UNC Charlotte Department of Philosophy, and the UNC Charlotte Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund
Listen to the Poems I Will Whisper, Philippines, documentary, 5 min.
A loose interpretation of the poem based on the Hiligaynon-language poem “Ang Ilongga Nga Nagsakay sa Habal-Habal” (The Ilongga Who Rode a Motorcycle Taxi) by Filipino poet Karla Quimsing that talks about a girl who rode a local motorcycle taxi with a driver she likes. How the environment and its neglected spaces plays a vital role in molding the personal spaces of the characters is vital to the understanding of time-spanning relationship presented in this film poetry.
Lifeline, Malaysia, short feature, 5 min.
Vera (Julia Marin) is a crisis hotline operator. The bleak nature of her work evokes a painful memory from her distant past.
Aaranyadeb, 12:00pm, directed by Debasish Sen Sharma, 120min.
In Bengali with English subtitles
Followed by Q&A with the director over Skype
A story of two friends, two cities within a same city, sharing the same soul. Aranya and Deb are the two best friends who represent two diasporas of modern times, each trying to be what they were destined to be- special. While Aranya is a laid back person and considers himself a superhero, Deb is a superhero in all possible terms-studies,career, family. They get separated at the age of 14 and find their destiny to meet when they are 40. Something magical happens in that fateful day which change the course of their lives – forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glJxHh6Dw5c
