Shooting Water
A Memoir of Second Chances, Family, and Filmmaking
By Devyani Saltzman; Deepa Mehta (Afterword by)
(Newmarket Press, Paperback, 9781557047854, 287pp.)
Publication Date: September 2007
Categories: Entertainment & Performing Arts - Movie Directors, Personal Memoirs, Women
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Description
The highly acclaimed debut is Devyani Saltzman's remarkable story of reconnecting with her mother, award-winning filmmaker Deepa Mehta, in India and Sri Lanka during the production of the Oscar(R)-nominated film "Water,"
In "Shooting Water," Devyani Saltzman recounts her experience straddling the separate worlds of her divorced parents in Canada and India--navigating between two religions (Hindu and Jewish), two traditions, two cultures, and two people--belonging to both and to neither at once. This cross-cultural memoir chronicles her life-changing experiences in India and Sri Lanka, the struggle to produce the controversial Oscar(R)-nominated film, and the emergence of a deeper understanding between mother and daughter.
This trade paperback edition features a reading group guide that includes an interview with the author and discussion questions. 16 black-and-white photos, maps.
In "Shooting Water," Devyani Saltzman recounts her experience straddling the separate worlds of her divorced parents in Canada and India--navigating between two religions (Hindu and Jewish), two traditions, two cultures, and two people--belonging to both and to neither at once. This cross-cultural memoir chronicles her life-changing experiences in India and Sri Lanka, the struggle to produce the controversial Oscar(R)-nominated film, and the emergence of a deeper understanding between mother and daughter.
This trade paperback edition features a reading group guide that includes an interview with the author and discussion questions. 16 black-and-white photos, maps.
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