What's Down with the Brown? by Noel Agnew

Welcome to the Fall edition of the Brownbag magazine. Summer is over for another year, and as John Donne put it better than I ever could, “When autumn wind goes running, it does some magic things. It gives the shadows dancing shoes and gives the bright leaves wings”. On the agenda this issue is immigration in America today. How hard is it for the children of immigrant parents to live up to expectations, and what is to be done about the illegals? Maybe we should think twice before building our barriers too high…. But in the meantime, What’s Down With the Brown?

Made in India? screenings

• We screened to Asian American students at Columbia University and also to AAARI members of City College. The film was received very well and we were invited back for future showings.

• More shows are tentatively scheduled at Bard College, Georgetown University, and Syracuse University. If you are interested in showing Made in India? At your school please email us at info@brownscapeprod.com

Browntown screening

• Browntown, the dramedy BP has been working on for two years with plans to make a feature, became a short on October 6, 2007 for the South Asian International Film Festival. Browntown was selected because of its trailer but couldn’t air unless it was a short. The entire cast and crew got back together, wrote, shot and edited the film in 3 weeks . You can view it now!

 Other Brownscape happenings

• The July 19 final public screening of Made in India? was a terrific event, with more than 120 people in attendance. Pics from the event are available to view here.

• New project in the works! Director Deepti Paul wants to investigate the stories of the Emergency period in India from 1975 – 1977. Deepti is headed to London this month to interview Dr. Emma Tarlo, author of Unsettling Memories. 

• DVD download/release!: MII will be released early Feb 08 as limited edition DVD and downloadable movie. Stay tuned!

• Check out Deepti’s interview with Move30.com, a website designed to democratize the multimedia landscape. It is a community upload website that showcases multimedia stories whether they are documentary, fiction, video, photography-driven, motion design or animation.