Fri March 14, 2014
Farah Goes Bang, Meera Menon (U.S., 2013)
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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In Person/Meera Menon
Twentysomething Farah Mahtab is eager to shake the unwanted moniker of “virgin,” but her sex life is a litany of awkward, fumbled encounters. When best friends Roopa and KJ propose a cross-country road trip to stump for presidential nominee John Kerry, there is a not-so-secret hope that the trip will provide Farah the sweet release she craves. The trio soon finds that wide-eyed optimism isn’t always a surefire catalyst for sex or politics—even in a swing state. Meera Menon’s directorial debut artfully captures a generation’s mixture of hope and youthful disillusionment in the fledgling years of a post-9/11 world, and points a finger at the way national discourse shapes young women’s identity and sexual politics. In an ode to female companionship à la Thelma and Louise with all the raunchy humor of Bridesmaids, Menon subverts the classic tropes of the road trip film in favor of a new American feminism, complete with discussions of female grooming and sexual desire. Winner of the Nora Ephron prize for best female film at the Tribeca Film Festival.
—Sierra Lee
• Written by Menon, Laura Goode. Photographed by Paul Gleason. With Nikohl Boosheri, Kandis Erickson, Kiran Deol. (93 mins, Color, HDCam)
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Twentysomething Farah Mahtab is eager to shake the unwanted moniker of “virgin,” but her sex life is a litany of awkward, fumbled encounters. When best friends Roopa and KJ propose a cross-country road trip to stump for presidential nominee John Kerry, there is a not-so-secret hope that the trip will provide Farah the sweet release she craves. The trio soon finds that wide-eyed optimism isn’t always a surefire catalyst for sex or politics—even in a swing state. Meera Menon’s directorial debut artfully captures a generation’s mixture of hope and youthful disillusionment in the fledgling years of a post-9/11 world, and points a finger at the way national discourse shapes young women’s identity and sexual politics. In an ode to female companionship à la Thelma and Louise with all the raunchy humor of Bridesmaids, Menon subverts the classic tropes of the road trip film in favor of a new American feminism, complete with discussions of female grooming and sexual desire. Winner of the Nora Ephron prize for best female film at the Tribeca Film Festival.
—Sierra Lee
• Written by Menon, Laura Goode. Photographed by Paul Gleason. With Nikohl Boosheri, Kandis Erickson, Kiran Deol. (93 mins, Color, HDCam)
In Person/Meera Menon
Twentysomething Farah Mahtab is eager to shake the unwanted moniker of “virgin,” but her sex life is a litany of awkward, fumbled encounters. When best friends Roopa and KJ propose a cross-country road trip to stump for presidential nominee John Kerry, there is a not-so-secret hope that the trip will provide Farah the sweet release she craves. The trio soon finds that wide-eyed optimism isn’t always a surefire catalyst for sex or politics—even in a swing state. Meera Menon’s directorial debut artfully captures a generation’s mixture of hope and youthful disillusionment in the fledgling years of a post-9/11 world, and points a finger at the way national discourse shapes young women’s identity and sexual politics. In an ode to female companionship à la Thelma and Louise with all the raunchy humor of Bridesmaids, Menon subverts the classic tropes of the road trip film in favor of a new American feminism, complete with discussions of female grooming and sexual desire. Winner of the Nora Ephron prize for best female film at the Tribeca Film Festival.
—Sierra Lee
• Written by Menon, Laura Goode. Photographed by Paul Gleason. With Nikohl Boosheri, Kandis Erickson, Kiran Deol. (93 mins, Color, HDCam)
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Twentysomething Farah Mahtab is eager to shake the unwanted moniker of “virgin,” but her sex life is a litany of awkward, fumbled encounters. When best friends Roopa and KJ propose a cross-country road trip to stump for presidential nominee John Kerry, there is a not-so-secret hope that the trip will provide Farah the sweet release she craves. The trio soon finds that wide-eyed optimism isn’t always a surefire catalyst for sex or politics—even in a swing state. Meera Menon’s directorial debut artfully captures a generation’s mixture of hope and youthful disillusionment in the fledgling years of a post-9/11 world, and points a finger at the way national discourse shapes young women’s identity and sexual politics. In an ode to female companionship à la Thelma and Louise with all the raunchy humor of Bridesmaids, Menon subverts the classic tropes of the road trip film in favor of a new American feminism, complete with discussions of female grooming and sexual desire. Winner of the Nora Ephron prize for best female film at the Tribeca Film Festival.
—Sierra Lee
• Written by Menon, Laura Goode. Photographed by Paul Gleason. With Nikohl Boosheri, Kandis Erickson, Kiran Deol. (93 mins, Color, HDCam)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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