Kingston Film Foundation and Calcutta Kitchens present a FREE screening of Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali on Friday, June 21 at the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History, 99-101 Broadway in Kingston.
This naturalistic but poetic evocation of a number of years in the life of a family introduces us to both little Apu and, just as essentially, the women who will help shape him: his independent older sister, Durga; his harried mother, Sarbajaya, who, with her husband away, must hold the family together; and his kindly and mischievous elderly “auntie,” Indir—vivid, multifaceted characters all. With resplendent photography informed by its young protagonist’s perpetual sense of discovery, Pather Panchali, which won an award for Best Human Document at Cannes, is an immersive cinematic experience and a film of elemental power.
Doors open at 6:30, and the film starts at 7:30. No RSVP required. See you there!
