THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Behind every National Geographic photo is a story that will amaze you.

Like an ever-changing window onto the wonders of our world, the stunning images of National Geographic Magazine have delighted and amazed readers for generations. Now get to know the unforgettable people behind the cameras. And find out what it’s like to travel, explore and “get the shot” on assignment with the celebrated photographers of National Geographic. Journey to the most remote corners of the globe with these gifted, award-winning professionals. Listen in as they reflect on their painstaking art — and their hair-raising adventures! Get a close-up look at the dangers they face and the often chaotic life they lead for the love of their craft. And discover the remarkable talent required to take pictures that make history, as you gain a fascinating new perspective on the world through the eyes of The Photographers.

Martin Chautari is going to screen this documentary on 26 July 2007 / 10 Saun 2064, Thursday at 3 pm at Martin Chautari premises.
The show will be followed by discussion with Nepali photo journalists Gopal Chitrakar, Bikash Rauniyar, Shruti Shrestha, Kantipur, Min Bajracharya, Himal Khabarpatrika.

National Geographic Channel’s The Photographers (2000, 56 mins) documentary is edited by Jud Johnston.

To My Wife

BY HAROLD PINTER

(Harold Pinter, born in 1930, is one of my most favourite writers who was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005. He is best known for theatrical work, but was a poet before a playwright, and in early 2005, told the BBC that he was leaving plays to focus on poetry and political speeches. His poetry publications include War, winner of the Wilfred Owen Award, which, although only one of many awards including a CBE, the Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg) and the European Prize for Literature (Vienna) may well hold special weight for Pinter as it is given for both the poetic and political qualities of an author’s work.- Chanky Shrestha)

I was dead and now I live
You took my hand

I blindly died
You took my hand

You watched me die
And found my life

You were my life
When I was dead

You are my life
And so I live

PARADISE NOW

Hany Abu-Assad’s Paradise Now (2005, Palestine, 91 mins) is Arabic film with English subtitles.

Said and khaled are walking time bombs. With explosives strapped to their bodies, the two young Palestinians slip into lsrael, planning a suicide mission in Tel Aviv. Can anything change their minds? Paradise Now-sweepingly powerful and intricately detailed, highly acclaimed and widely controversial – tells the story of these two lifelong friends and their mission of doom. Hany Abu-Assad (the director) directs, shooting this harrowing thriller in locations made equally harrowing by real-life missile attacks, exploding land mines, suspicious Palestinian factions and Israeli occupied forces, and the kidnapping of a crew member. The result is a film that knows its topic up close and provides no easy answers. Instead, Paradise Now lays bare the humanity and the horror for all to see, to ponder… and perhaps to change.

The film is being screened in Martin Chautari on coming Thursday, June 12. The entry is free.