Devyani Saltzman & Deepa Mehta April 18, 2006

Devyani Saltzman
author of SHOOTING WATER
A Memoir of Second Chances, Family and Filmmaking
&
Deepa Mehta
Writer / director of WATER

Tuesday April 18, 2006. 7-9 pm

Gallery Arts India, 206 Fifth Ave, (bet 25th & 26th), NYC.
An evening of cocktails, book reading, sale, signing and Q&A with Devyani Saltzman.

Wine courtesy Bilimoria Wines. Beer courtesy Krait Beer.

The Indo-American Arts Council is a 501Š3 not-for-profit arts council. For information visit www.iaac.us.


?One of the most beautiful and haunting memoirs I ve ever read? [Devyani Saltzman?s] writing manages to be both profound and entertaining, vivid to the point of being cinematic? Shooting Water is a love story - the love of a filmmaker for her film; a daughter for her mother - and the triumph of passion over oppression.?--The Montreal Gazette
?Powerful? [Devyani Saltzman?s] book weaves her personal journey toward healing deep childhood wounds with the story of [Deepa] Mehta s five-year struggle to get Water made.? --The Toronto Star
?Vivid and enticingly visual.? --The Hour (Montreal)
?Saltzman marvelously dissects the cultural and political complexities of India that shut down the making of the film.?--The Globe and Mail
?Gripping? it?s impossible not to be drawn into this surprisingly revealing journey.? --Inside Entertainment