Alwan for the Arts and 3rd i NY Collaborative Monthly Film Series are media outreach partners for the Network of Young Bangladeshi Professionals' presentation of the feature film

Healing Life/Khondo Jibon

Friday, February 28, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

Tribeca Cinemas
Tickets are $15 if purchased in advance and $20 at the door.
Advance Tix Link: http://healinglifemovie-thirdi.eventbrite.com

About the Film:

HEALING LIFE / KHONDO JIBON
(Fathema Ruma, Shahriar Rahman, and Zahed Sharif / USA / 2008 / 90 mins, Bengali and English with English ST) Starring Shoikot Chowdhury, Eliane Iten, Annie Salam, and Faruque Azam

*OFFICIAL SELECTION - New Jersey South Asian Independent Film Festival & Queens International Film Festival *

During a trip to New York, ambitious Rana, originally from Bangladesh, becomes inspired by his "Uncle Jamal," a war friend of his father. Rana decides to stay in the US and marries Jamal's daughter, an Americanized desi girl. However, after a marriage and a bitter divorce with the daughter, he becomes a disillusioned, undocumented immigrant. Diana, a widowed American citizen and single mother, sympathetically proposes a "contract marriage." Rana finds himself obtaining his Green Card and the freedom he had hoped for. However, the situation becomes complicated. Should he stay with the only woman who has loved him, or leave to seek the American dream he had set out for?

About the Presenting Organization:
The Network of Young Bangladeshi American Professionals (NYBAP) is a national organization targeted at young professionals in the beginning and middle stages of their careers. NYBAP's founders saw the need for a network uniting young professionals from all walks of life to exchange professional experience and foster career development. Currently, NYBAP members represent a wide variety of industries including Finance, Law, Marketing, Consulting and Medicine. Visit http://www.nybap.org for more information.

3rd i NY & Alwan Collaborative Monthly Screening Series are made possible in part through support from The Fund for Creative Creative Communities administered through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Last updated: 2009-09-29 10:58:40