NumaFung
Screening of the critically acclaimed Nepali film NUMAFUNG
A film about the struggles of a woman in rural Nepal
Director/Producer: Nabin Subba
Sunday, October 3rd, 4:00pm
At Columbia University, Arledge Cinema at Lerner Hall,
2920 Broadway at
115th Street
Tickets (advance purchase only): $10
Proceeds of ticket sales will be donated to Help Nepal Network for
construction of a health post in the remote Mugu district of Nepal
Presented by Columbia University to benefit Help Nepal Network
Tickets will be advance purchase only.
You can email your name and address and the number of desired tickets to
abhayashrestha@yahoo.com, and send a check ($10 per ticket) made out to
Help Nepal Network to the following address by Monday Sept. 27th:
Help Nepal Network
c/o Abhaya Shrestha
Manhattan Place
630 1st Avenue, Apt. 19K
New York, NY 10016
Reserved tickets can be picked up on the day of the show at the box
office at Arledge Cinema.
Tickets will not be reserved if not paid for in advance.
For further ticket and show information, contact:
Abhaya Shrestha: abhayashrestha@yahoo.com
About the film:
Nepal comprises more than 70 ethnic communities with rich and diverse
cultural traditions. Very few Nepali and international films have to
date documented the cultures of these various ethnic groups. Nabin
Subba's award winning film, Numafung, is among a few to make such an
effort. The movie highlights the changing lives and ways of the Limbu
people, an ethnic minority residing in rural eastern Nepal. It is a
story of a young Limbu girl's struggle with cultural traditions, the
impact of local medical practices on her life, and the effect of her
actions on her community. The struggles of Numa, the young girl,
represent the lives of many other young Nepali women, torn between
fulfilling her desires and cultural traditions.
About Help Nepal Network:
Help Nepal Network (www.helpnepal.net) is an organization with a global
reach aimed at bringing together individuals and groups to contribute
towards health and education projects in remote regions of Nepal. It has
been a pioneer in assembling a network of dedicated volunteers from
around the world with the common goal to raise funds to directly assist
community-led health care and education projects in rural Nepal. The
first two chapters of the network were established in UK and Nepal in
late 1999 and since then the network has expanded to 12 countries
including the United States. The organization has a full time staff in
Nepal that administers and coordinates its projects and provides
transparent information on the projects to the network of individuals
around the world.
