Cinema Studies

Margarita with a Straw

Still from 'Margarita With a Straw'

Screening of Margarita With A Straw (Dirs: Shonali Bose and Nilesh Maniyar, 2015, 100 min.), a feature film about a rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy who leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

Post-screening discussion with Director Shonali Bose.

Co-sponsored by
the Asian Film and Media Initiative in the Department of Cinema Studies;
the Center for Media, Culture and History;
the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality;
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies;
NYU Council for the Study of Disability;
and South Asia@NYU

This event is free and open to the public.  

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