Subtitle:
Film screening and Q&A
Activity Type:
Film
Presenter:
Subha Das Mollick, Director, and Jael Silliman, author of Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames
Date:
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 20:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
Online
Contact Person:
Kirsten Strayer
Contact Email:
strayer@pitt.edu
The story of the Baghdadi Jews of Calcutta takes a trajectory very different from those of persecution and victimization we all have grown up watching movies about. The Jewish community of Calcutta was small but influential and prosperous, “a diaspora of hope.” Today just a handful of those Jews are left.
Virtual screening of Dwelling in Travelling, a documentary on Jewish Life in Calcutta, with Q&A with the director, Sobha Das Mollick, and Jael Silliman, author of Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames.
Part of the SCREENSHOT:ASIA year-round programming.
Register here.
UCIS Unit:
Asian Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Screenshot:Asia
Jewish Studies Program
Non-University Sponsors:
Jewish Studies Program at Carnegie Mellon University
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
Yes