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The Indo-American Arts Council Presents:

The Fourth Annual Indian Diaspora Film Festival
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12TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, 1-10 OCTOBER 2004
Raindance Film Festival is the home of first-time filmmakers, and the programme gives a platform to an unprecedented number of directorial debut features. The Raindance Festival - quote; "this year is our strongest and most exciting celebration of the independent film scene yet. Throughout the festival, the diversity and, more importantly, the quality of all the features, shorts and documentaries is mouth-watering. Again we have given particular prominence to new talent." Here are the two Asian representations:
MUTINY: ASIANS STORM BRITISH MUSIC	CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA
With: Anjali, Asian Dub Foundation, ?Black Star Liner, Fun^Da^Mental, Hustlers HC, Invasian, Joi, Kaliphz, DJ Ritu, Talvin Singh, State of Bengal.	Following in the footsteps of East is East, this comedy of errors is bound to make you chuckle.
A combination of a music and social documentary, MUTINY: Asians Storm British Music takes an engaging look at the meteoric rise of Asian music in 1990s Britain. Shot independently on digital video over the course of seven years, MUTINY features Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh, Fun^Da^Mental and a range of other British musicians of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi descent, presenting these artists and their music with a striking intimacy. Through its dynamic mix of live performances, candid interviews and seldom seen archival footage, MUTINY presents the story of a generation that grew up in the 1970s and 1980s and defining itself in an environment of racial violence while drawing strength from both British street culture and South Asian roots. The artists who emerged from this generation became some of the greatest innovators in British music, mixing the influences of their parents' cultures with electronica, hip-hop, reggae and punk and producing unique and powerful new sounds. MUTINY follows these musicians from their early forays in music and activism through their negotiation of record deals and press attention during the "Asian Underground" hype of the mid 1990s, to dealing with the loss of industry backing by the end of the decade. MUTINY'S artists are undeterred, pushing forward their music and laying the foundation for the next generation. Outspoken and uncompromising, they remain in command throughout this fast paced and uplifting feature. Vivek Bald, Director and Producer Vivek Bald is a New York based filmmaker and music producer. His previous documentary, Taxi-vala/Auto-biography, chronicled the lives, experiences and political activism of South Asian immigrant taxi drivers in New York City. Taxi-vala premiered at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1994, was broadcast on New York's WNET-TV in 1996 and has screened at festivals and other venues throughout North America and in Australia and Japan. Producing and performing music under the name Siraiki, Bald is also co-founder of the groundbreaking Mutiny club night in New York City. The Mutiny club night has become an international hub on the South Asian electronica music scene, and has hosted many of the artists featured in Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music. Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music is being screened at the Raindance Film Festival on October 2nd. For Further information and ticket requests please contact Click Here.	It is celebration time for the Chopra family of Preston. Not only is their only son Jimi set to become a doctor but he is going to get engaged to the girl his family likes, Simran, who has come from India. She comes from a respectable Gujarati family, is well educated, pretty and above all, the only daughter of a very good and old friend of the Chopra's. She's perfect in every way except one. She is not Jack, Jimi's true love. With the engagement done and the wedding date set, the house being decorated and relatives, family and friends coming over, the Chopra family has never been so happy. Jimi can't bring himself to break his family's heart nor can he give up Jack. Fate seems to be on Jimi's side when a series of accidents and misunderstanding leads Simran to believe that Jimi is a father to an eight year old girl, Hannah. Optimistic that things will now change and he will be able to get back to Jack, Jimi makes no attempt to clean up the air. Instead, his family turns up at his doorstep to propose his social wedding to Vanessa, his landlady and Hannah's mother. Mayhem breaks loose and confusion reigns all around. It all ends with the Chopra family welcoming Vanessa into their family. The wedding goes ahead as planned but with a difference. Will Jimi come clean? Will he tell the truth about Jack and Vanessa? Will there be happiness at the Chopra household after this? Chicken Tikka Masala is a film about relationships, about love and living. It portrays different cultures with their nuances and ethos. It deals with race, colour, generation gaps, sexual orientations and family ties. It is the melting pot where all the above ingredients when added, creates a unique flavour… love. Love which transcends all barriers, issues and differences. It is a film that will have you laughing, crying and cursing, all at the same time! Chicken Tikka Masala is being screened at the Raindance Film Festival on October 7th. For Further information and ticket requests Click Here.