ABCD: Ethnic Visions Film Series

ABCD [American Born Confused Deshi] (1999 / 105 min.) is a starkly straightforward story set in New York City about an aging Indian mother's struggle to instill Hindu vlues in her two Americanizing twenty-something children. Introducing the film and hosting a post-film discussion will be its acclaimed director Krutin Patel.

All are welcome to come and meet Krutin Patel and experience mother's stirring efforts to preserve her cultural roots in a changing world.

Special Guest: Krutin Patel, director

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Free public screenings of the Ethnic Visions Film Series are offered in conjunction with an advanced Humanities course being taught by Dr. Robert Rosenstone, Caltech Professor of History. He hopes that the series will be "a way of understanding our multicultural society, as well as learning something about the similarities and differences in the processes of immigration, acculturation, and Americanization." Most screenings will include guests associated with the films shown. These visits are made possible with support from the President's Diversity Initiative Fund. All screening begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays. The full series includes:

• The Jazz Singer (3/31/05)
• Badass (4/07/05)
• Zoot Suit (4/14/05)
• Green Dragon (4/21/05)
• Maryam (4/28/05)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (5/05/05)
• Real Women Have Curves (5/12/05)
• ABCD (5/19/05)
• Better Luck Tomorrow (5/26/05)