The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Cinematheque are celebrating the Academy Film Archive's restoration of 19 films directed by the seminal Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray (1921-92).
On Sept. 6 at its Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, the academy is screening the first two installments of the filmmaker's landmark early work, "The Apu Trilogy": the award-winning 1955 “Pather Panchali,” a haunting drama about a young boy named Apu who lives with his poverty-stricken Brahmin family in rural Bengal; and 1956’s “Aparajito, which continues the story of Apu and his family.
The final film in the trilogy -- 1959's "Apur Sansar," which revolves around Apu's adulthood -- screens Sept. 9.
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Guests scheduled at the screenings include actress Sharmila Tagore from "Apur Sansar" and Dilip Basu, founding director of the Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center at UC Santa Cruz.
The Cinematheque's "Satyajit Ray Restored" festival begins at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica on Sept. 12 and continues through Oct. 21. The retrospective begins with 1964's "Charulata" and 1958's "The Music Room."