Museum of the Moving Image’s ‘First Look’ Series Showcases a ‘Wide Spectrum of Forms and Practices’
A series of concomitant presentations titled ‘Working On It’ will be held, wherein filmmakers will discuss projects that are in production, many of which touch upon topics that are bound to raise hackles.
Fun fact, or at least fun for those enamored of international cinema: The writer Durga Chew-Bose was named after a character in Satyajit Ray’s seminal film, “Pather Panchali” (1955). Durga, you may recall, was the older sister of the movie’s central character, Apu; a spritely young girl, she meets an early fate upon falling ill after a liberating rain storm.
Ms. Chew-Bose has wondered if her parents chose the name less for the character than the actress, Uma Das Gupta: her performance is “not just moving but connective. She romances you.”
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