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UM film series eaturf es Malle's 'Phantom India'

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UNIVERSITY RELATIONS • MISSOULA, MT 59812 • 406-243-2522 • FAX: 406-243-4520

March 21, 2002

Contact: David Patenaude, event organizer, 721-5434.

UM FILM SERIES FEATURES MALLE’S ‘PHANTOM INDIA’

MISSOULA—

"Phantom India," a 1969 documentary by renowned French director , will be shown during a two-evening film series at The University of Montana.

The documentary will be presented from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 31, and Monday,

April 1, at the University Center Theater. A panel discussion will follow the Monday viewing

Panel members will include UM faculty members and Asian students. The film series is free and open to the public.

"Phantom India" is Malle’s rare, probing look at poverty in India in the 1960s. Malle gained international acclaim for films that provided viewers unblinking observations of social realities. In his first American film, "Pretty Baby" (1978), Brooke Shields played a 12-year- old New Orleans prostitute. His film, "Atlantic City" (1980), starring Burt Lancaster and

Susan Sarandon, won numerous international honors, including a British Academy Award for best direction. Malle is probably best-known for his 1982 film "." He died of cancer in 1995.

The "Phantom India" film series is co-sponsored by UM’s South Asia and Southeast

Asia Student Association, International Student Association, Multicultural Alliance,

International Programs, Liberal Studies Program, departments of geography and foreign languages and literatures, and the Missoula Chapter of the Alliance Frangaise. m

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