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"Jashn-e-Azadi": Documentary screening and discussion with filmmaker

Sanjay Kak
Filmmaker
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 12:00
Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 401, 3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Shot and edited between August 2004-2006, "Jashn-e-Azadi" engages us with the idea of Azadi in Kashmir. In 2007, as India celebrates its 60th anniversary of Independence, this is also a conversation about Freedom in India. Sanjay Kak is one of India's most significant documentary film makers today.

Written and directed by Sanjay Kak, photography Ranjan Palit, edited by Tarun Bhartiya 138 mins / Digital Video, Kashmiri/Urdu/English (English subtitles)

Co-sponsored by the South Asia Center