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Opening Night: Gupshup, Hearts Suspended & Artist Focus, Yoni Ki Baat
6PM, March 28th, Friday • Central Cinema 1411 21st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, (206) 686-6684
TICKETS:
6PM Gupshup: FREE
7PM Hearts Suspended & Artist Focus: $7 suggested donation
9PM Yoni Ki Baat: $10 suggested donation
Gupshup • 6PM, March 28th, Friday
Cost: FREE
Come join us for Gupshup over free wine, music, laughter, and conversation.
Hearts Suspended & Artist Focus • 7PM, March 28th, Friday
Cost: $7.00 suggested donation
Hearts Suspended
Meghna Damani, US/India, 27 minutes, English/Hindi, DVD
Hearts Suspended is a short autobiographical documentary that reveals how highly educated South Asian immigrant women struggle to survive in the United States on their H4 or dependent spouse visas, which deny them work authorization. Once independent, now completely dependent, they face loneliness, depression, loss of self-identity, strained marital relations and — in extreme cases — exploitation and abuse.
Celebration of local artists:
Aaliyah Gupta, Afrose Ahmed, and Archana Kumar
Aaliyah Gupta: Pod/Sac Series
Aaliyah Gupta is an artist and is deeply committed to social change work. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and has lived, worked and exhibited in India, Denmark and the USA. Her works range from painted landscapes that serve as metaphors for political upheaval to large abstract charcoal drawings that are deeply personal and can be viewed at www.aaliyahgupta.net.
Afrose Ahmed: Internally Displaced Poetry
Afrose Ahmed is Community Advocate at Chaya. She is a growing poet, hopes to go to law school someday, and likes to climb in her spare time, to gain better perspective.
Archana Kumar: Unveiling
Archana Kumar is a professional Indian classical and contemporary artist. She is trained in Baratanatyam, Kathak & modern dance and currently teaches Kathak around Seattle. Her works are wide-spread & experimental & have been showcased nationally and internationally. For more information about Archana's work, please visit www.archanakathak.com
Yoni Ki Baat • 9PM, March 28th, Friday
Cost: $10.00 suggested donation
Yoni Ki Baat, translated as "Talk of the Vagina", is inspired by Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues. This transformative play encourages South Asian women to speak out against the violence and stigma associated with our bodies. Yoni Ki Baat was originally started by South Asian Sisters, a progressive collective of South Asian women, who have been organizing an annual Yoni Ki Baat for the last three years in the San Francisco area and have kindly let us use their scripts. We are proud to also have several performers write theirown scripts or perform ones that have been submitted from our local community. Chaya and Tasveer have yet again collaborated to present this year's performance! Due to high interest and enthusiasm in the community, Yoni ki Baat is scheduled for two runs this year, one on the 28th of March at 9PM and the other on 29th of March at 9PM. The following is the full program, please visit Tasveer for more details.
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