Results tagged “southasianfilmfestival”

We are so sorry that the collective we of SFist missed this year's South Asian Film Festival by Third i -- due to an unfortunate confluence of reviewers being out of town, a baby shower, and people getting sick, none of us got a chance to see: a documentary about an Indian customer service call center, a movie about Asian Dub Foundation, a Bollywood feature, and the classic curry western Sholay. We're totally kicking ourselves (though we hope our reviewers get well soon!)

First, the excitement of the election, and now the excitement of a (for many people) three day weekend.

As we settled into our seats for the world premiere of documentary It's My Country Too, there was a generalized hubbub as a tall man wearing black and carrying a guitar case strode down the aisle. We heard his escort say, "It's so weird that no one's recognizing you!" Turns out that man is Pakistani-American rock star Salman Ahmed, the narrator of the documentary It's My Country Too. Ahmed is the lead guitarist for the band Junoon, which has been called the U2 of Pakistan. We think this makes Ahmed Bono (scroll down to read Bono's letter to Ahmed), since the Edge doesn't seem to take too many positions on global politics. It's My Country Too follows Ahmed as he travels America trying to see how 9/11 politics have affected the Pakistani-American community. After the jump: Muslim comedians, Muslim lawyers, and the founders of the website Muslims for Bush (who are Salman Ahmed's aunt, uncle, and cousin). Picture of Salman Ahmed from the BBC website

If SFist answered to mammon instead of to you, our readers, we might bother to have a big budget pick this week. But look at what's out there! Dude, it's so not going to happen, as, to paraphrase SFist Jon, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" about any of this week's mainstream releases.