Blindspotting / Bhaji on the Beach
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Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Time: It’s of the Essence. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
Blindspotting (2018)
Oakland set and shot, director Carlos López Estrada’s Blindspotting, scripted by its magnetic stars Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, brims with a fierce hometown pride. That spirit helps sustains one-time offender Collin (Diggs) as he anxiously counts down the final three days of his parole. No race against the clock, getting through is the game here until Collin witnesses a police shooting while out after curfew and he’s haunted by his decision not to get involved.
35mm, color, 95 min. Director: Carlos López Estrada. Screenwriter: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs. With: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar.
Bhaji on the Beach (U.K., 1993)
As a group of British women of Indian descent board a bus bound for the beach resort of Blackpool, their guide cheerfully declares their day trip a vacation from the “double yokes of racism and sexism.” But of course the patriarchy comes calling regardless in co-writer-director Gurinder Chadha’s groundbreaking debut feature, by turns delightful and earnest as tradition and identity clash on the boardwalk over a single day.
16mm, color, in English and Punjabi with English subtitles, 101 min. Director: Gurinder Chadha. Screenwriter: Gurinder Chadha, Meera Syal. With: Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin, Sarita Khajuria.
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