Mira Nair’s Adventures in Moviegoing

Mira Nair’s Adventures in Moviegoing

10 Episodes

The director of MONSOON WEDDING reflects on the different worlds she has lived in and shares some of the films that have helped her cross between them.

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Mira Nair’s Adventures in Moviegoing
  • Mira Nair in Conversation

    Episode 1

    The director of MONSOON WEDDING on a lifetime of moviegoing

  • Mira Nair on THE MUSIC ROOM

    Episode 2

  • The Music Room

    Episode 3

    Directed by Satyajit Ray • 1958 • India
    Starring Chhabi Biswas, Padma Devi, Pinaki Sen Gupta

    With THE MUSIC ROOM (JALSAGHAR), Satyajit Ray brilliantly evokes the crumbling opulence of the world of a fallen aristocrat (the beloved actor Chhabi Biswas) desperately clinging to a fading way of life....

  • Mira Nair on 8½

    Episode 4

  • Episode 5

    Directed by Federico Fellini • 1963 • Italy

    Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) turns one man's artistic crisis into a grand e...

  • Mira Nair on LA JETEE

    Episode 6

  • La Jetée

    Episode 7

    Directed by Chris Marker • 1963 • France

    Chris Marker, filmmaker, poet, novelist, photographer, editor, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist, has been challenging moviegoers, philosophers, and himself for years with his complex queries about time, memory, and the rapid advancement ...

  • Mira Nair on BATTLE OF ALGIERS

    Episode 8

  • Mira Nair on AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE

    Episode 9

  • An Angel at My Table

    Episode 10

    Directed by Jane Campion • 1990 • New Zealand
    Starring Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson

    With AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Jane Campion brought to the screen the harrowing autobiography of Janet Frame, New Zealand’s most distinguished author. Three actors in turn ...