Calendar – Past Event

Special Appearances Include Human Rights Advocate Kiran Bedi, Academy Award-Winning Documentarian Megan Mylan, and Legendary Actor Naseeruddin Shah

The New India
June 5 - 18, 2009
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters

The richness and diversity of contemporary Indian cinema is explored in The New India, a two-week, 16-film exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, from June 5 through 18, 2009. The exhibition presents feature and short films, including eight New York premieres, that capture the range of fiction and documentary genres and styles in Indian cinema today. Among the celebrated guests who will present their films in person at MoMA are actors Naseeruddin Shah and Abhay Deol, actor-director Nandita Das, and the Academy Award-winning documentarian Megan Mylan. The exhibition is organized by Joshua Siegel, Associate Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art, and Uma da Cunha, guest curator.