Programme Highlights
EDUCATION
Organised in collaboration with Hackney Learning Trust, Himalaya Festival has set up “day in the life” video exchanges between children from Hackney schools and the Tibetan Children’s Village in the foothills of the Indian Himalaya.
EXHIBITION
A beautiful and uplifting film, Blindsight is the story of six blind Tibetan teenagers’ brave attempt to climb the North Face of Mount Everest. The group are led by an American climber and the German teacher who founded their school in Lhasa, the only blind school in Tibet.
MUSIC
Pandit Ronu Majumdar is one of India’s most gifted players of the bansuri, or bamboo flute. His many recordings of Hindustani classical music have been justly celebrated, and he has collaborated with many of India’s greatest composers and performers, as well as Western artists.
FILMS
Ashvin Kumar Double Bill at Rich Mix Tuesday, 9 February THE LITTLE TERRORIST (12A) 6:45pm, THE FOREST (18) (UK PREVIEW SCREENING) 7:00pm
