- Description:
- BluRay - Zone A. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
color.
widescreen. sound - DTS-HD Master Audio.
- Notes:
- Supplemental features include: audio commentary by Nair; interview with Nair, actor Naseeruddin Shah, cinematographer Declan Quinn, and production designer Stephanie Carroll; theatrical trailer; essay booklet.
Titles
+ So Far from India
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- Filmmakers Library, Inc.
- Running Time:
- Feature. 50 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1982
- Language:
- English with optional English subtitles
- Genre:
- Documentary, Female Directors
- Notes:
- The story of Ashok Sheth, one of many Indian immigrants, who work in subway news stands in New York City. In August 1981, a film crew accompanied Ashok on his first trip back to his home town of Ahmedabad, when he returned to see his wife, Hansa, and their newly-born son. The resulting film explores the conflicts that arise in the confrontation of Indian culture with Western society.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ India Cabaret
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk; Forum Films; Channel Four
- Running Time:
- Feature. 60 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - DTS-HD Master Audio
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- United Kingdom, France, Germany
- Year:
- 1982
- Language:
- English and Hindi with optional English subtitles
- Genre:
- Documentary, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Documentary which looks at the double standards which are manifest in the highly 'moral' and sexually stratified affluent society of Bombay, where the 'polluted' women of the cabaret supply erotic entertainment to the men of the Indian middle-classes.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Laughing Club of India, The
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- Mirabai Films
- Running Time:
- Feature. 35 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- India
- Year:
- 2000
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Documentary, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Documentary about health clubs where people laugh as a form of therapy.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Day the Mercedes Became a Hat, The
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- Imagine Films; Mirabai Films
- Running Time:
- Short. 10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- India, South Africa
- Year:
- 1993
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Drama, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Short film inspired by the assassination of Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party.
+ 11’09”11 - September 11 (Segment: India)
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- StudioCanal; Galatée Films; Wild Bunch; Makhmalbaf Productions
- Running Time:
- Feature. 11 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- France, Egypt, United Kingdom, USA
- Year:
- 2002
- Language:
- Urdu and English with English subtitles
- Genre:
- Documentary, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Short film segment of the 11-director omnibus film SEPTEMBER 11, based on the true story of Salman Hamdani, a young Pakistani-American EMT from Queens who died on September 11th, and the terrorism allegations his surviving family members faced.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
+ Migration
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- AIDS Jaago; Mirabai Films
- Running Time:
- Short. 19 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Country:
- India
- Year:
- 2007
- Language:
- Hindi with English subtitles
- Genre:
- Drama, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Part of a series on the AIDS epidemic in India, examining the virus as Indian society’s great class leveler.
+ How Can It Be?
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- LDM Productions
- Running Time:
- Short. 9 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - 5.1 Dolby surround
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 2008
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Drama, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Segment of an 8-director omnibus film commissioned by the United Nations on themes concerning global society, this film explores gender equality through the story of a couple who live in Brooklyn with their son.
+ Monsoon Wedding
- Alternate Title:
- Matrimonio Indiano; Le Mariage Des Moussons
- Director:
- Nair, Mira
- Production Co:
- Mirabai Films; Independent Film Channel; Key Films; Pandora Filmproduktion
- Running Time:
- Feature. 114 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - DTS-HD Master Audio
- Color:
- color
- Country:
- USA, Italy, Germany, France
- Year:
- 2001
- Language:
- Hindi and English with optional English subtitles
- Genre:
- Drama, Female Directors
- Notes:
- Restored high-definition transfer with new English subtitle translation. As the monsoon rains loom, the Verma family reunites from around the world to attend a large Punjabi wedding in New Delhi. The family's hopes, fears and long-guarded secrets emerge during the frantic wedding preparations.
Supplemental features include: audio commentary by Nair; interview with Nair, actor Naseeruddin Shah, cinematographer Declan Quinn, and production designer Stephanie Carroll; theatrical trailer; essay booklet; and seven short films by Nair, each with video introductions by the director: SO FAR FROM INDIA (USA, 1982, 52 minutes); INDIA CABARET (UK/Germany, 1982, 60 minutes); THE LAUGHING CLUB OF INDIA (India, 2000, 35 minutes); THE DAY THE MERCEDES BECAME A HAT (India/South Africa, 1993, 10 minutes); 11’09”01 - SEPTEMBER 11 (USA, 2002, 11 minutes); MIGRATION (india, 2007, 19 minutes); HOW CAN IT BE? (USA, 2008, 9 minutes).
- Link to:
- FII catalog |
