Mira Nair and Satyajit Ray
One of the more interesting programs the American Film Institute puts on in Los Angeles is the Cinema Legacy series, which invites filmmakers to present a movie by a filmmaker who inspires them. I’ve had the good fortune to catch Agnieska Holland presenting AgnËs Varda’s Le Bonheur, Paul Schrader presenting Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket, and just last week, Mira Nair presenting Satyajit Ray’s Aparajito (1957), his second film in the acclaimed Apu Trilogy.
Nair was born in India, in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, but eventually began studied sociology and cinÈma vÈritÈ documentary filmmaking at Harvard University before coming to international prominence …
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