"Jefferson in Paris" film screening at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm to 8:49pm on 18th December 2014

Time : 6:30 pm - 8:49 pm Add to Calendar 18-12-2014 18:30:00 18-12-2014 20:49:00 68 "Jefferson in Paris " film screening Event Page : http://goo.gl/8XFyhT C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Venue : C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : "Jefferson in Paris" film screening. 

Jefferson in Paris (1995) is perhaps the most controversial of all MIP films. It concerns the speculation on whether US President Thomas Jefferson had fathered a child with his 15-year-old slave Sally Hemings, in his youth. The film is located in France, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.

Duration : 139 mins 

Director : James Ivory

Cast : Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow etc.

Background : 'Ruth Jhabvala: Her Three Continents 50 Years with Merchant Ivory'
Films - Discussion - Exhibition.

This Retrospective celebrates Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013), author and screenplay writer. She remains the only writer in the world to win both a Booker Award for her novel Heat and Dust, as well as two Academy Awards for her adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novels, A Room with a View and Howards End.

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