[Soasiastudents] MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Discovering Sikh Neighbors" - A 9/11 Story - DVD

[Deepa Banerjee]

FYI

The UW libraries has jsu t ordered a copy of this video which probably can
be used for "*for the classroom and auditorium teaching ethnic media,
multicultural communications, divinity and comparative religions, modern and
Asian anthropology, South Asian studies, human rights, tolerance, racial
equality*"


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PRESS RELEASE - IMMEDIATE    CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY SCREENING
"MISTAKEN IDENTITY - A 9/11 STORY"      in USA, Canada and worldwide to
commemorate 7th anniversary of 9/11
Have you heard about "MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Discovering Sikh Neighbors" - A
9/11 Story ?  Have you seen the DVD film - winner of three first prize
awards for documentary, directing and acting ?  It is the first film
produced for mainstream North America, UK and EU and part of a series of
"getting to know the cultural and religious backgrounds of multicultural
ethnic minority neighbors" in today's pluralistic society worldwide.

Filmmaker Vinanti Sarkar organizes joint fundraising screenings of MISTAKEN
IDENTITY across the USA, Canada, UK and EU and India as part of a global
media event, inviting partners to promote cultural and religious diversity
in America. The demand has been incredible !!! regular demand from
university libraries, college and school screenings.  She is now working on
JAIN ENLIGHTENMENT - A Way of Life" to introduce Ahimsa (Non-Violence),
compassion, forgiveness and peace.

When PBS! requested that we give the one hour TV program for "free", we
moved across the USA and Canada successfully selling DVDs at the
institutional Library Distribution rate of $250.00. for the classroom and
auditorium teaching ethnic media, multicultural communications, divinity and
comparative religions, modern and Asian anthropology, South Asian studies,
human rights, tolerance, racial equality, etc., and strongly recommended for
the attention of the Librarian.  Most partners held fundraisers for their
departments as a celebration of cultural diversity !!!
We have had great demand for screenings of MISTAKEN IDENTITY as "A
Celebration of Cultural Diversity" from mainstream British viewers, across
the UK and EU. Especially, in places where there are large communities of
British Sikhs. It is a documentary film anchored by 22-year old Amanda
Gesine, from Greenwich, CT, who discovers her Sikh neighbors after 9/11 for
the first time. She never had a Sikh friend in school or college and
strongly felt that racial profiling starts with ignorance and fear.

The film has had a strong impact on informing and educating the non-Sikh
population in North America (US and Canada) where screenings demanded Q & A,
making the event into a social and cultural ethnic study on South Asia and
Sikhs.

We won three first prize awards at American Film Festivals and had the honor
of being screened at the National Arts Club, Harvard University's Centre for
World Religions and Wharton School at PENN Univers! ity, to mention a few.
It was successfully screened at the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada to
commemorate the 5th anniversary of 9/11 ...

We received a request for its India premiere to commemorate the anniversary
of 9/11 in New Delhi, India with a private screening in Parliament House and
on the national TV DOORDARSHAN (estimated over 600 million daily viewers
during prime time) on 11 September 2008.

Kathy Phillips, Student at California State University, Chico: "I was so
glad to receive your film. I was preparing a presentation for one of my
college courses for future school teachers entitled Equity in Education and
my topic was on the Sikhs in Yuba City (I live nearby) and was surprised
that there was very little video available regarding the Sikhs. I could only
find two videos and they were lackluster and dated (1980s). Your film not
only gave wonderful information regarding immigration and the Sikh religion,
it also gave insig! ht to the backlash of 9/11. My teacher was also
impressed with! the fil m and is ordering a copy for herself to use in
future classes ... This film is a valuable investment for me to use in the
years to come as teacher for my Sikh and non-Sikh students..."

Visit our websites: www.cultural-diversity.co.uk and updated
www.globalfilmlinks.com for more information where you can review 3 min of
the film via streaming video. We are inviting organizations who believe in
the celebration of cultural diversity to  organize joint-fundraisers in
their countries as part of our "global media event".  We are available 24/7
at globalfilmlinks at earthlink.net or Phone : 212-759-4568 (New York, USA)

Filmmaker "Vinanti Sarkar" can be Google and Yahoo websites including
MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Sikhs in America, but it does not emphasize her academic
qualifications: two MA degrees in Communicati! ons and Instructional
Technology from Columbia University in New York and an ABD (All But the
Defense) for the doctoral thesis, having developed a unique film techniques
in teaching large illiterate populations by adapting the scripts with their
life-skills and producing dramatic TV programs.

Contact: Ms Vinanti Sarkar, Producer & Director MISTAKEN IDENTITY TV Series
@ Global Cultural Diversity Films, (GCDF) Inc., 425 East 51st Street, New
York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-759-4568   Email: vsarkar1 at earthlink.net Visit our
websites: www.cultural-diversity.co.uk /www.globalfilmlinks.com

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Deepa Banerjee
South Asian Studies Librarian
Reference and Research Services
University of Washington Libraries
Phone: 206-685-1433
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