Master Class with Mai Masri & Mira Nair

The Master Class is open to all students and faculty. Mai Masri will discuss her experiences and approach to filmmaking, show clips from her films, and talk with Mira Nair about moving from documentary to fiction and about women directors. Mira Nair began in documentary but has gone on to make many award-winning feature films including Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair, The Namesake, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. This event is sponsored by the Center for Palestine Studies as part of Palestine Cuts, its film initiative. The two events are co-sponsored by the Center for Justice, the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality, the Middle East Institute, and the Columbia School of the Arts.