SAIGON ELECTRIC

Award-winning filmmaker Stephane Gauger (OWL AND THE SPARROW, VIETNAM OVERTURES) is back with a new feature focusing on the proliferation of hip hop culture in Vietnam. The vibrant, eclectic style of Saigon street kids is at the center of this story of two girls: Mai, a naïve country girl schooled in traditional ribbon-dancing; and Kim, an urban-bred, street-smart member of a hip hop crew. Differences dissolve in the face of big-city challenges when Mai flunks an audition to the dance academy and joins the hip-hoppers preparing for their do-or-die face-off with Hanoi’s North Killaz hip hop crew. In Vietnamese with English subtitles. HDCAM video. (BS)

Following the Saturday screening, Rasaka Theatre Company will present a 10-minute tribute to Bollywood.
http://www.rasakatheatre.org/

Following the Thursday screening, A-Squared Theatre Workshop presents the 10-minute performance, "Dubbing Down".
http://www.a-stw.org/