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3rd i is excited to celebrate its19thyear of presenting the Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, November 12-16 ONLINE. www.thirdi.org 3rd i Trailer on youtube: https://youtu.be/jZ7XyLkAxoMFull line up: https://festival.thirdi.org/2021/festival-programs/
From light-hearted comedies to inspirational films and empowering political documentaries,    3rd i’s 2021 online festival edition brings hope with films from both the shadows and the light. 
COAST TO COAST / Various filmmakersOn Demand Nov 12-16

3rd i’s signature shorts program brings California filmmakers into conversation with filmmakers from South Asia and the Diaspora. With genres ranging from comedy to contemporary music, and short-form documentaries to dramatic narratives, this year’s edition tackles stories of relationships, identity, environment, LGBTQ and social justice with compassion. FREE!For information and tickets: https://festival.thirdi.org/2021/movies/coast-to-coast-from-mumbai-to-the-mission/

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WHITE RIOT / Rubika ShahOn Demand Nov 12-16

Rubika Shah’s incendiary, inspiring and award winning documentary commemorates a vital national music protest movement from the 1970s, Rock Against Racism (RAR), which is as relevant today in our Trumpian era as it was back then.

The doc takes us to a time when right-wing populist demigods like Enoch Powell preached hate in the British parliament and skinheads attacked West Indian and South Asian communities. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation’s youth, RAR’s multicultural punk and reggae gigs provided rallying points for resistance. As co-founder Red Saunders explains: “We peeled away the Union Jack to reveal the swastika.”

The campaign grew from fanzine roots to 1978’s huge antifascist carnival in Victoria Park, featuring X-Ray Spex, Tom Robinson, Steel Pulse and of course The Clash, whose rock star charisma and gale-force conviction took RAR’s message to the masses. Blending fresh interviews with archival footage, Shah’s documentary delves into exploring the power of grassroots activism, while doubling as a contemporary call to arms against racism. 
For more information and tickets:https://festival.thirdi.org/2021/movies/white-riot/

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Featuring: MCLAUGHLIN + T.JOHNSON + SCOTT
Description: Our annual Media-Archeology Dig celebrates a robust range of distinct–even peculiar–art practices, still thriving on the so-called “margins”. Headlining is 35mm stereoscopic maestro Pad McLaughlin, with dual-projector works both old and new, including the world premiere of Binocular Disparities! AND: Tree-of-knowledge Tim Johnson takes apart the mythic Amiga Toaster to reveal missing links between generations of electronic graphics. Also surfing our wave of obsolescence, analog champ Jake Scott drops the needle on Flexidiscs, to sync the plastic sheets’ soundtracks to S8 Frankenstein digests! PLUS bits and bytes of Variophones, Vocoders, the Cox Optigan, and free 35mm filmstrips! $9.99  

ATA’s virtual Open SCREAMING is beaming from our computers to yours this Thursday November 4th at 7pm PST with nine fresh films! Open Screening is the only open submissions screening in the Bay Area that showcases a diverse pool of up and coming, as well as established filmmakers. So sit back, relax, tune in, drop out, and pop in for some locally made art and entertainment.

Screening link in our bio.

Works appearing this month:

VENUS & SUPERNATURAL – Vivian Giourousis @viviangiourousis

Childhood Stories – Ruxandra Mitache @ruxandra_mitache

Push and Pull – Julie Y Moon @julieyunheemoon

You’re Just No Fun Anymore – Jeff Johnston @jeffbjohnston

Out of this world – Loretta Stern @video_confession

Dreamer – Michael LaRocco

A Witch Told Me – Jenell Del Cid @duhhcid

The Art of Forgetting – Matt Ober @matt_name