Global Lens is an annual, touring film series
launched in 2003 by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of
exceptional cinematic works from around the world. The Parkland Art Gallery and
Office of Institutional Advancement sponsor the 2013 series. To learn more, visit www.globalfilm.org. Please note our
location with theater-style seating and updated audio-visual equipment!
All films and popcorn are FREE! All
shows begin at 6:30pm Location: Parkland
College, room C118
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Dir. Suman
Ghosh
65 minutes, India, in
Bengali, with subtitles in English
Discussion with Umeeta
Sadarangani after the film
An 80-year-old Kolkata retiree is on a mission to get his
neighborhood streetlights turned off after sunrise after he notices they stay
on all day as well. Shyamal Uncle finds his sense of propriety upset by this
wasteful expense of electricity. But finding someone to take him seriously
proves a battle against an indifferent bureaucracy and a complacent status quo
(and is just maybe a welcome distraction from his otherwise dull routine).
Suman Ghosh’s vérité-style film is alive with the sights, sounds and
personalities of this old Kolkata neighborhood, as his unlikely protagonist
pursues a quest that adds up to a wry, revealing, highly original tour of
modern India.
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