Reminder: Free CIIS queer film fest: Fire @ Thu Feb 11 6:30pm - 7:30pm (Queer Things)

more details » Free CIIS queer film fest: Fire All the screenings are free, at 6:30pm - Room 218. (CIIS Main Building 1453, Mission st. CA, 94103 - Civic Center Bart station) Presented by Queer@CIIS thursday April 11: -Fire by Deepa Mehta - 108min, India (1996) In Delhi, two housewives, emotionally and physically dissatisfied with their husbands, take solace in the company of each other and satisfy their passions. In the initial weeks following the release of Fire, reviewers praised the film's explicit depiction of a homosexual relationship as "gutsy", "explosive","pathbreaking". Following attacks on the film, prominent party members said Fire had been targeted because it was an "immoral and pornographic" film "against Indian tradition and culture." The lesbian relationship depicted in the film was criticized as "not a part of Indian history or culture."Other politicians of the Hindu right voiced fears that the film would "spoil [Indian] women" and younger generations by teaching "unhappy wives not to depend on their husbands" and informing the public about "acts of perversion." Furthemore controversial because the protagonists were named Sita and Radha, both significant goddesses in Hindu belief. Next in series: Feb 17 When Thu Feb 11 6:30pm – 7:30pm Pacific Time Calendar Queer Things Who • Larry Bob Roberts - creator

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