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11/10/2006: ""WATER""

FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER, 6:30pm: Pelindaba Downtown's first film club evening features a showing of "Water", directed by Deepa Mehta. (2005 – Rated PG13). This extraordinary and beautifully photographed (East) Indian film that long been featured near the top of the list of films recommended by attendees at previous film evenings.

Winner of many international film festival awards, the film focuses with lingering detail on the fate of culturally orthodox and economically disadvantaged Hindu widows in pre-WWII India, made all the more poignant when, as in this case, the widow is only 8 years old. This film of devotion and survival was produced against a background of significant controversy over its making, but has since been widely praised for its condemnation of religious fanaticism.

Film showing (117 mins) commences 6:30 pm, followed by discussion. And how good is a film event if you don't get to discuss it with others?

Criteria in selecting films for the series is from suggestions by attendees, and films on themes that are likely to provoke vibrant discussion, and those that are unlikely to be seen in a movie theatre. Art films", documentaries and small, independent films are likely to be most frequently shown

Like all Pelindaba events, admission is free, and is made possible by your continuing patronage. For information on dates and films to be shown go to the "Upcoming Events" page at www.pelindaba.com. For further information contact: Susan Robins: 378-6767/smr@pelindaba.com