"Sin Nombre" Pre-Screens at Stanford University

"Sin Nombre" Pre-Screens at Stanford University this Sunday, March 8th, 6:00P at Cubberly Auditorium. It's a free screening so best arrive early, as seating is first come, first served and not guaranteed.

I'm thrilled to throw some love for "Sin Nombre", not because Cary Joji Fukunaga's a local Bay Area dude or his first feature debut rocked Sundance Film Festival this year, which took home the Excellence in Cinematography Award and Best Director Award, but because directors all around are showing more interest to shoot on location in gritty foreign places and screenwriters are writing gritty urban dramas. Audiences are exposed to the dramatic realities in harsh ghettos and savagery of stunning landscapes. We've been hooked on the fairytale glamour too long.

I'll throw up a review after Sunday's screening. In the meantime, enjoy the watching the trailer.

Marina

"The Sari Soldiers"

"The Sari Soldiers", a film by JulieBridgham, will be playing at the Yerba Buena Center on March 19th, 7:30pm, as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. She will be there for Q&A as well.

I have yet to see the film but grew a keen interest in its development. Her mother fed me itty bits of Nepal's modern history and Julie's experience filming in Nepal as we spent weeks screening hundreds of film entries to select for the United Nations Film Festival. Two years later and having a mega exposure of humanitarian films, I still remember her stories. The message is that powerful.

Watch the trailer. Or better yet, get off your lazy ass and go watch the film. Stimulate the economy and your mind. Bring some friends too.

Marina

The Sari Soldiers

A film by Julie Bridgham

US/Nepal, 2008, 90 minutes, Color, DVD, Nepali/English, Subtitled

The Sari Soldiers is a story of six women’s efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties
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2009 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Mar 5, 12, 19 and 26
$8 Regular, $6 Student / Teacher / Senior, $6 YBCA Member

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 978-2787