The Cinema Travelers

(Shirley Abraham & Amit Madheshiya, India, 2016, 96 min.)

This Cannes prizewinner takes viewers on a journey with the traveling cinemas of India, which bring the wonder of the movies to faraway villages annually. Seven decades on, as their lorries and cinema projectors crumble and film reels become scarce, these mobile movie purveyors find that their audiences are being increasingly lured away by slick digital technology. The Cinema Travellers accompanies a shrewd exhibitor, a benevolent showman, and a maverick projector mechanic who bear a beautiful burden — to keep the last traveling cinemas of the world running. Variety raves: “If the cinema is magic, then the nomadic projectionists and technicians of The Cinema Travelers are its Oz-like wizards, roaming the rural Indian countryside delivering films via their ‘Traveling Talkie’ road-shows. It’s a vocation steeped in tradition and rooted in faith in the medium’s rapturous powers. And as illustrated by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya’s intimate, poignant documentary, it’s also one that’s undergoing a seismic transformation thanks to the emergence of the digital age.”   In Hindi & Marathi with English subtitles

All SLIFF programs at Webster University are free in 2017 except for The Blot (with live accompaniment by the Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra) on Nov. 12. Tickets for that special event are $15, with no discounts or passes accepted. Advance tickets for The Blot are for sale online through Brown Paper Tickets. In the "Search Events"box, enter either the name of the film or SLIFF. Free programs and master classes require no tickets and are first come, first served.

Friday, November 3, 2017 at 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Browning Hall, Interdisciplinary Science Building
8274 Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63119

Event Type

Art & Performances, Film Series

Categories

School of Communications

Cost

free

Group
Webster University Film Series
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