[mgj-discuss] Reminder: TONIGHT South Asia Film Screening

[Debi Kar]

DC COLLECTIVE FOR SOUTH ASIANS PRESENTS:

THE SOUTH ASIAN FILM SERIES

***INAUGURAL SCREENING***

When: Sep 25, 2002 at 7:00 pm

Where: Cada Vez, 1438 U Street, NW Tel: 202-667-0785
Closest metro: U Street-Cardozo (Green line)

What: A screening and discussion on two films addressing the themes 
of globalization and economic justice.

DROWNED OUT (75 min; Dir: Franny Armstrong)
A story of a famiily that chose to stay at home and face submergence 
rather than make way for a mega-dam on the Narmada river.

INDIA AND FREE TRADE (33min; Dir: Pavithra Narayanan)
Examines the effects of a global free market economy by highlighting 
the caustic actions of transnational companies in the Bhopal-Union Carbide disaster.

A Discussion will follow the screening with Ward Morehouse, author 
of "The Bhopal Tragedy," and activists working on the Narmada campaign.

COME EARLY: Cada Vez has great food and is a great place to hang out and meet folks!

Suggested Donation: $5 at the door

DCCSA is a collective of DC metro area-based, action oriented individuals 
who work on a broad spectrum of progressive issues concerning the 
global South Asian community--peace and communal harmony, social 
and economic justice, xenophobia, gender, sexuality, and race issues. 
 For more information, write us at dccsa_safs at yahoo.com.

We are sponsoring a series of films over the next many months that 
will attempt to address some of these issues. Screenings are followed by discussions.

On OCTOBER 2: "Evil Stalks the Land": A new documentary about the 
Gujarat massacres and their aftermath: Dir: Gauhar Raza. Location TBA

The event is co-sponsored by ActionAid USA and Greenpeace



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