a special screening of the acclaimed film
WAR AND PEACE
('Jang aur Aman')

by Anand Patwardhan
(in-person)

Tuesday, October 26th, 1-4:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Melnitz Hall
UCLA

Free and open to the public.

Filmed over three tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan and the USA - War and Peace is a documentary journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war. Triggered by macabre scenes of jubilation that greeted nuclear testing in the Indian sub-continent, the film is dramatically framed by the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Fifty years after his death memories of Gandhi seem like a mirage that never was, created by our thirst for peace and our very distance from it. (2002, color, 130 minutes)
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Awards:
* Grand Prize, Earth Vision Global Environment Festival, Tokyo, 2002
* International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI), Sydney Film Festival, 2002
* Best Film/Video, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2002
* International Jury Prize, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2002
* Gold Award, Indian Documentary Producers' Association, 2002
* Best Documentary, International Video Festival, Kerala, 2003
* Best Documentary, Karachi International Film Festival, 2003
* Silver Dhow, Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2003
* Best Non-Fiction, National Film Awards, India, 2004

Anand Patwardhan has made politically charged documentaries for nearly three decades. Despite winning numerous national and international awards, his films are often suppressed by the ruling Indian elite, tackling as they do subjects like street dwellers (Bombay our City, 1985), religious fundamentalism (In the Name of God, 1992), the connection between machismo and sectarian violence (Father, Son and Holy War, 1995) and the plight of those displaced in the name of "development" (A Narmada Diary, 1995). [More info on Anand Patwardhan at www.patwardhan.com]

Presented by The Colloquium on South Asian History and Cultural Studies in association with The Department of History, the Film & TV School, and the Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies at UCLA.

Tuesday, October 26th, 1-4:30 PM
James Bridges Theater / Melnitz Hall [location]
UCLA [directions]

The closest parking lot for those coming from outside UCLA is Lot 3; the parking booth is at the intersection of Charles Young Drive & Wyton, just off Hilgard Ave.