Indian Film Festival: Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha)
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne directed by the late Satyajit Ray and based on a story by Upendra Kishore Ray, is a popular Bengali children's film. It is sometimes released in the English-speaking world as The Adventures Of Goopy And Bagha. It is one of Ray's few films with an abundance of musical numbers.
Hailed as one of Ray's greatest films, Goopy wants to sing and Bagha would love to play the dhol (drum). They meet accidentally and are helped by the King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in the Kingdom of Shundi where their adventure begins.
SDMA and the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) present a film festival in conjunction with Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose at SDMA and Humanitas: Images of India by Fredric Roberts at MoPA. The Film Festival is curated by KPBS film critic Beth Accomando.
Admission: $7 members/$10 nonmembers/$8 students (includes admission to both museums through June 1)
Location: Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater in Museum of Photographic arts, 1649 El Prado
For more information:
Phone: (619) 238-7559
or
Visit: sdmart.org
For more information about this film see wikipedia.org
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne directed by the late Satyajit Ray and based on a story by Upendra Kishore Ray, is a popular Bengali children's film. It is sometimes released in the English-speaking world as The Adventures Of Goopy And Bagha. It is one of Ray's few films with an abundance of musical numbers.
Hailed as one of Ray's greatest films, Goopy wants to sing and Bagha would love to play the dhol (drum). They meet accidentally and are helped by the King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in the Kingdom of Shundi where their adventure begins.
SDMA and the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) present a film festival in conjunction with Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose at SDMA and Humanitas: Images of India by Fredric Roberts at MoPA. The Film Festival is curated by KPBS film critic Beth Accomando.
Admission: $7 members/$10 nonmembers/$8 students (includes admission to both museums through June 1)
Location: Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater in Museum of Photographic arts, 1649 El Prado
For more information:
Phone: (619) 238-7559
or
Visit: sdmart.org
For more information about this film see wikipedia.org
