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AUSTIN Katiyabaaz (Powerless) Screening with Filmmaker in Attendance
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Filmmaker Fahad Mustafa will be in attendance at the screening.
Exclusive Indie Meme MEMBER Complimentary Wine & Appetizer SOCIAL WITH THE FILMMAKER pre-screening 6-7pm at the venue.
DIRECTED BY DEEPTI KAKKAR AND FAHAD MUSTAFA
Written by Fahad Mustafa
Cinematography by Maria Trieb
Editing by Maria Trieb and Namrata Rao
Music by Amit Kilam, Rahul Ram, and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
India/USA, 2013, digital, color, 84 min.
Hindi/English with English subtitles
With a population of over 3,000,000, the Indian city of Kanpur cannot provide electricity to all who need it. Various electricity thieves help residents by hooking up a house or business for a small fee. Consequently some areas of the city have dangerously overloaded poles with hundreds of wires streaming here and there. A new head of the city's electric company comes in and hopes to clean up the mess, but she meets her match in a fearless Robin Hood of the electric grid, Loha Singh.
Co-director Fahad Mustafa was born in Kanpur, which he remembers with its "long, uncomfortable, waterless summers, spent without electricity. As a child I remember relatives facing unemployment due to the closure of the nationalized mills in Kanpur. I remember how in the following years, the power situation worsened. Livelihoods were at stake, and there were always stories about relatives and friends of the family, losing their incomes and businesses. [KATIYABAAZ ] is a story not only about electricity, but a political reality that millions in India and billions worldwide live with"
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LocationMarchesa Hall & Theatre (View)
6406 N I H 35 # 3100
Austin, TX 78752
United States
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| Minimum Age: 13 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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