Sen @ 100: A Centennial Celebration of Mrinal Sen’s Life and Work

Thursday, April 25th

6-7pm: Opening Reception

7:15pm: Series Introduction, Moira Fradinger, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Yale University

7:30pm: Screening: Bhuvan Shome/ Mr. Shome (1969)

9:00pm: Q&A

Friday, April 26th

12:30pm: Introductions

12:45pm: Screening: Oka Oori Katha/ The Outsiders (1977)

4:00pm: Discussion with Kunal Sen, Technologist and son of Gita and Mrinal Sen; and Suhasini Mulay, Indian film and television actress, director and producer

5:00pm- 6:00pm: Discussion: Benjamin Conisbee Baer, Associate Professor Dept. of Comparative Literature, ​​Director, Program in South Asian Studies, Princeton University; Sanghita Sen, Assistant Professor in Film Department of Arts, Design, Humanities, & Social Sciences, Northumbria University; and Moira Fradinger of Yale University

6:30pm: Screening: Akaler Shandhaney/ In Search of a Famine (1980)

9:00pm: Q&A

Saturday, April 27th

11:00am: Introductions

11:30am: Screening: Ek Din Pratidin/ And Quiet Rolls the Dawn (1979)

1:30pm: Keynote – Sanghita Sen of Northumbria University

3:30pm: Panel Discussion: Ben Conisbee Baer of Princeton University, Suvij Sudershan of Yale University, and Moira Fradinger of Yale University

4:30pm: Screening: ** CHANGED** Calcutta 71 (1972) 

6:30pm: Q&A, closing remarks