g_b Reminder: Bombay Dost Sunday High - 2 August 2009: 'Angels in America' (Part 1)

2009-08-01 Thread Nitin Karani
2009/7/30 Nitin Karani nitin.kar...@gmail.com

  'Angels in America' is a six-episode award-winning 2003 HBO miniseries
 adapted from the play of the same name by playwright Tony Kushner. The play
 is Kushner's political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties,
 around a group of separate but connected individuals.Angels in America' was
 the most watched made-for-cable movie in 2003, garnering much critical
 acclaim. This Sunday we will show the first three episodes (the remaining
 three will be shown on 23 August), spread over about three hours.



 *Cast:*

 * Al Pacino as Roy Cohn

 * Meryl Streep as Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, the Rabbi, and the
 Angel Australia

 * Emma Thompson as Nurse Emily, the Homeless Woman, and the Angel
 America

 * James Cromwell as Henry, Roy's Doctor

 Set in 1980s New York and subtitled A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,
 Angels in America concerns a group of largely gay men who find themselves
 caught up in series of disasters that range from love to religion and from
 politics to philosophy--and most specifically caught between the rising tide
 of AIDS and a generally unsympathetic society.

 In the midst of this, AIDS patient Prior Walter begins to have a series of
 visions, which may be fever dreams, medicine-induced hallucinations... or,
 most unnerving of all, real. His long dead ancestors rise to speak to him,
 the floor cracks open to reveal a burning book--and at the conclusion of the
 play's first half a beautiful woman with majestic wings crashes through his
 roof. She is the Angel of America. He is, she tells him, a prophet, and she
 has come to bring him a message for mankind.

 Intertwined with Prior's other-earthly experiences are oddly parallel
 lives. Joe and Harper Pitt are a deeply dysfunctional couple doubting their
 faith in the Mormon Church, Joe a closeted homosexual, Harper a
 Valium-addicted and mildly psychotic woman given to visions as strange as
 those of Prior Walter's. And as further counterpoint historical figure Roy
 Cohn (1927-1986), among the most sinister figures of 20th Century America,
 finds himself taunted by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg as he drifts toward
 his own AIDS-induced death. The characters swirl in and out of each other's
 lives and dreams, playing to stereotypes and yet defying them, arguing
 politics and philosophy and love and death--and it is fascinating stuff.



 *Viewer comments:*

 *(1)  (Angels in America) has captured the essence of what being gay was
 in the '80s with all its fears, problems and excitements. But it is more
 than just a gay document, it speaks of life generally in the '80s, of
 everyone's fears and hopes in such an affluent time. The depiction so real
 (even in the surreal sequences) so insightful of that period.*

 *(2) With a mad swirl of irony, intense drama, outrageous humor, and
 unexpected twists and turns, Angels in America is almost sure to hold your
 attention--particularly if you recall the Ronald Reagan years well enough to
 recognize the truly bitter allegory the film offers on what many consider
 his largely absentee second term. Truly a must have, multi-layered, bearing
 repeated viewings, beautifully directed, performed, and filmed.*

 *(3) I was lucky enough to see the Broadway production of Angels with the
 original cast, and it was without question the highlight of my 25 years of
 theatre-going Personally, I believe that Pacino gives the performance of
 his career, and Streep is amazing in her three roles. The other performances
 are quite solid as well* *This film not only won a record 11 Emmys,
 taking the award for Outstanding Miniseries and all four acting trophies, it
 also won those same awards at the Golden Globe presentations plus four SAG
 acting awards. In short, it won practically every award it possibly could.
 *

 *(4) I think this movie was very real in it's portrayal of AIDS, and it
 really raised awareness for me, because it showed AIDS as a real disease,
 not just something we hear about on the news. I was very excited to see
 minorities presented like average, real people* *I found Angels in
 America very inspiring, and after seeing it for the first time, I seemed to
 see the world in a whole new light. I know that sounds cheesy, but it is
 true. For someone very passionate about equal rights, like me, this movie
 seemed to relay exactly what I stand for.* (IMDB.com)
 *
 --
 *

 *Time: 5.30 p.m. to 8.45 p.m. (with a 15-minute break after the second
 episode).*

 ***Venue:* The Humsafar Trust's Drop-in Centre, 4th floor, Municipal
 Transit Building (Vakola Municipal Market Building), Near Raheja Point and
 Vakola Masjid, Santacruz (East), Mumbai.

 *Getting there*: It's approximately minimum fare by auto-rickshaw from
 Santacruz station (East). You could also take routes 311 or 313. The same
 routes also operate from Kurla (West) 

g_b Re: Events Queer Azadi March 2009 Fund-raising event - 'Dancing Queens' on Saturday, 1st Aug '09

2009-08-01 Thread Nitin Karani
Just a reminder about today's event.

2009/7/29 nitin.kar...@gmail.com

 Posting message sent by Abhijit who is on the QAM 2009 committee. (Edits by
 me.) Please feel free to forward.
 

 Kinnar Kasturi

 in association with

 Humsafar Trust

 presents

 'DANCING QUEENS'
 (Glimpses of Bollywood's dancing divas)

 'Dancing Queens' is a performance by drag queens of aamchi Mumbai. They
 will walk you through some of best Hindi film dance numbers filmed on
 Bollywood divas.

 The proceeds of the event will be used to (partly) meet expenses of the
 Queer Azaadi March to be held on 16 August 2009.

 QAM 2009 is a celebration of sexuality and a statement of being proud of
 ourselves. The march is an effort to mainstream issues of sexual minorities
 and work towards addressing issues of stigma and discrimination in society.

 Come and encourage the dancing divas.

 Venue and time details of 'Dancing Queens': 1 August 2009 at 6.00 p.m. at
 Kherwadi Social Welfare Community Center (Parishram Bhawan), Near Nirmal
 Nagar Police Station, Kherwadi, Bandra (East), Mumbai. Nearest station:
 Bandra. Location map for Nirmal Nagar Police Stn:
 http://tinyurl.com/NirmalNgrYahoo

 Tickets are available at:

 The Humsafar Trust : (Manisha / Girish) Ph: (022) 26650547 / 26673800

 Humsafar CEFE : (Dyaneshwar Raut) Ph: (022) 65760357

 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---

 To know more about Queer Azadi, click the link below

 http://queerazaadi.wordpress.com

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g_b File - Tired of too many mails?

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2009-08-01 Thread mehrdad forouhar
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