Mira Nair

Last night Sylvia saw Mira Nair speak at the Mondavi Center.

She's a very intriguing woman who gave a wonderful speech about her decision to go into film making, documentaries, and general commentary on life. After her speech she gave some interesting advice to aspiring film makers during the Q&A session. I especially liked a statement she made about anthropology, while poking fun at her husband, who studies anthropology: that her movies do not try to explain the socio-cultural elements in her film, that they just portray what she would like people to see, it's more about her story and what she wants to get across rather than a study of the culture she is filming (i.e. Indian). Probably the best 15 bucks I'vs spent this year, I was completely captivated...now we just have to watch Mississippi Masala and Salaam Bombay to catch up...p.s I highly recommend the book, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, or the movie that Mira Nair made. Both are pretty incredible.