SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th | 2PM | CARCO THEATER, RENTON | The partition of the Indian Subcontinent took place over 60 years ago along mostly religious lines. Hindus and Sikhs from present day Pakistan and Bangladesh were to migrate to present day India and Muslims were to migrate to present day Pakistan and Bangladesh. This was… Read more »
FREE EVENT TUESDAY, OCT 20, 2015 || 1:00PM || UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE RAKESH SHARMA – A WORK IN PROGRESS Rakesh Sharma began his film/TV career in 1986 as an assistant director on Shyam Benegal’s Discovery of India. His broadcast industry experience includes the set up/ launch of 3 broadcast channels in India: Channel [V],… Read more »
FRIDAY, OCT 15-SUNDAY, OCT 17 || SIFF FILM CENTER, SEATTLE SPECIAL PROGRAM: PRASANNA VITHANAGE RETROSPECTIVE Born in 1962, Prasanna Vithanage’s opus of six previous films has made him one of Sri Lanka ’s leading filmmakers with a worldwide critical and popular reputation. He began his career in the 1980’s as a theatre director. He translated into… Read more »
