Our screening was held in the community room of our local public library on a Sunday night from 7 p.m. until about 10 p.m. About 300 invitations were sent out via email and word of mouth and 26 people attended. The age of the audience ranged from young adults in their early 20’s to folks in their 50’s. Most of the attendees were South Pasadena residents and friends with a few work colleagues.
The room was opened for guests at about 6:30 p.m. and we served refreshments. The room was arranged with three chairs to each table to allow everyone a place to eat and to write after the film. At about 7 p.m. we introduced Nitasha Sawhney (pictured at right with host Robin Becker) local Sikh attorney and an interviewee featured in DWF, and then read Valarie’s letter from the screening guidelines. We then began the screening of the film.At the conclusion we distributed the viewer response cards and began the discussion. While the conversation was slow starting it really did get interesting as we progressed. Almost everyone had a comment or an observation. Overall, the audience received the film well and I believe were deeply affected by the experience.
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