INDIAN GODDESSES
Forget about Bollywood: Indian filmmakers are blazing new frontiers in cinema. Our opening film, Angry Indian Goddesses, is a powerful, dynamic and life-affirming buddy movie about women. The film provides authentic Indian recipes to women’ s liberation. Two of the Indian goddesses, actresses Anushka Manchanda and Pavleen Gujral, will be guests of the festival.
The second Indian feature film, Margarita with a Straw, tells the story of Laila, a teenager with cerebral palsy. Laila leaves India to study in New York, learning a lot about herself and the world in the process.
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES: GREG LOUGANIS, JANIS JOPLIN, AND ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
Everyone knows such stars as Greg Louganis, Janis Joplin and Robert Mapplethorpe, but not everyone knows the difficulties these people faced when dealing with their identities. They made breakthroughs with their art and their talent, and they brought many personal questions into the public arena, sparking debates in society. The documentary films Janis: Little Girl Blue, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, and Back on Board: Greg Louganis acquaint viewers with these people’ s talents and strength, the ups and downs of their careers and lives from different angles.