Film Screening and Discussion: "500 & 5"
- Event Date: Sunday, December 14, 2014
- Time: 1:00 pm–3:30 pm (CST)
- Location: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free Admission
500 & 5 is an independent Tamil feature film exploring the journey of a 500 rupee note and how it impacts the lives of five different characters, presented in five short vignettes. The film was produced by Accessible Horizon Films, an independent film collective based out of Pondicherry, India. The film will be presented with English subtitles.
Immediately following the screening, there will be a discussion of the film featuring one of the film creators, Kousalya Jeganathan.
This event is hosted by the International and Area Studies Library at UIUC, the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and the Spurlock Museum.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact Mara Thacker at mthacker@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 300-5717.
All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.