About this Event
Artstillery presents a free screening of JĀTI
Join us at 723 Open Space for a screening of JĀTI, a short film written and directed by Texas-based filmmaker Sarthwik Bollu and produced with a 2024 Austin Film Society Short Film Grant.
The screening is followed by a Q&A with writer-director Sarthwik Bollu and members of the cast & production crew.
About the film
Amulya, who comes from a dominant-caste family, and Vinay, who comes from an oppressed caste, visit her parents in the U.S. to seek her father Sampath's approval for their marriage. Torn between her family's expectations and her own desires, Amulya is forced to make an agonizing decision, leaving the audience to ask whether she will break free from tradition or remain bound by it.
Set in the United States, JĀTI looks at caste and how it carries on beyond the borders of India.
Runtime: 23 minutes. Language: Telugu with English CC
Schedule (Central Time)
5:30 PM: Doors open, live music & food reception
6:30 PM: Screening of JĀTI
7:00 PM: Q&A with the director and cast
8:30 PM: Event wraps
The evening includes live music, free South Indian refreshments, and a cash bar with beer from Manhattan Project Beer Company. Admission is free and open to the public with advance registration. Space is limitted.
Presented by Artstillery & 723 Open Space
Generously sponsored by Paulina & Ashvat Shivaram Shetty, Omega Art Projects, and Manhattan Project Beer Company
Supported by City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, Texas Commission on the Arts, Moody Fund for the Arts, and TACA
JĀTI is a Films Make Change & Kinostreet production, generously supported by the Austin Film Society. Poster key art by Aleks Phoenix.
723 Open Space is a community space provided by Artstillery, a multidisciplinary arts nonprofit in West Dallas. Learn more at https://www.artstillery.org.
Event venue & nearby stays
723 Open Space, 723 Fort Worth Avenue, Dallas, United States
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