Bay Area Film Society

Showgirls of Pakistan follows mujra dancers Afreen Khan, Uzma Khan, and Reema Jaan as they defy censorship, predatory managers, and social stigma in pursuit of stardom.
Followed by a Q&A with director Saad Khan.

Tickets: https://roxie.com/film/showgirls-of-pakistan/

Showtime is 3.15 pm - we'll meet around 3 at the Roxie box office. Please note "Dinner" in the comments if you're interested in grabbing a bite and discussing the film afterwards.

Showgirls of Pakistan
The documentary recasts the centuries-old mujra tradition, originally performed by appointed dancers in the courts of the Mughal Empire, as a stage for moral contest. Using the dancers’ own social-media videos and intimate vérité alongside archival footage from decades of Pakistani film and television, Showgirls weaves together their personal journeys with the larger story of the country’s performing arts and screen culture. Showgirls of Pakistan unfolds as an arresting and singular portrait of women who perform, endure, and dream in the spotlight.

Director Wayne Wang will be there in person for this special screening. The first Asian-American fiction feature to secure theatrical distribution in the US, Wayne Wang’s barrier-breaking solo debut merges the buddy comedy and the detective film with style. Swathed in puzzling headlines, wisps of gossip, and urban myths, the central mystery invokes a divided diaspora.

Showtime is 6 pm at the Roxie - we'll meet no later than 5.30 pm at the box office.

Get your tickets now - this show will sell out: https://roxie.com/film/arthouse-50-chan-is-missing/

Chan is Missing
San Francisco cab drivers Wood Moy and Marc Hayashi search the streets of Chinatown and question local characters in search of the mysterious eponymous character who ran off with their money, in Neo-Noir comedy made on a budget of $22,000 by director/co-writer Wang – the first major American independent by a Chinese American.

“A raunchy, sprawling and completely unpredictable panorama of the Chinese-American experience… It is sometimes wildly comic, sometimes melancholy, sometimes suspenseful and often strangely touching.” – Time Out

Join us for the Silent Film Festival, finally back at the Castro!

Showtime is 3 pm - we'll meet no later than 2.45 at the Castro box office.

Tickets: https://silentfilm.org/event/hula/

Hula
Growing up tomboy on her family’s Hawaiian ranch, wild child Hula Calhoun is as comfortable eating with her hands as she is on horseback. Then she falls head over heels—with a married man. In her second collaboration with director Victor Fleming Clara Bow lights up every frame she’s in, demonstrating again that, yes, she’s a natural but also a real pro.