Thank you to everyone who attended the Miya Miya Film Club x
@neil.kumar screening of The Big City (Mahanagar) directed by Satyajit Ray.
Another full room at
@mothership.marrickville , and another night that felt quietly expansive. There's something about this film that settles into people slowly, and then all at once. Watching The Big City together, you could feel that shift happening in the room.
Thank you to
@neil.kumar for collaborating on this screening and shaping the night from the outset. His work, sitting at the intersection of typography, memory, and cultural inheritance, felt deeply aligned with not just the film, but Miya Miya as a whole, tracing how everyday lives carry history, and how change arrives in small, decisive steps.
We're living in a moment where our lives, our stories, and our histories are so often made to feel disposable. What we're doing here each month is a small refusal of that. A space to gather, to pay attention, and to build an archive of our stories together. And it doesn't end in the room, it extends into materially supporting our diasporic communities who continue to endure violence, displacement, and erasure.
Together we raised $1213.44, which has been split between
@kathaindia and
@auntiesfund , supporting work grounded in education, safety, and women's independence.
Arati's journey in the film, stepping into work and reshaping the boundaries of home, felt as vital now as ever. A film made over sixty years ago still meeting us exactly where we are.
Thank you to everyone who shared food, time, and space with us. Huge thank you to both
@__thals and
@greeneggsandhamza_ and their friends for feeding us so generously and making sure no one left hungry.
Endless thanks to
@mothership.marrickville ,
@neil.kumar ,
@pinkflamingocinema ,
@riaumadevi ,
@molgrrey ,
@jimbuluscrimbulus , and
@phaedra_carantinos for making the night possible,
@rdb_organization for providing a beautiful restoration of the film, and
@jules.sarantis for capturing the night with her beautiful photos 📸
Thank you, and see you at the next one ❤️
