Philadelphia

The first in an annual tradition. “A home away from home” is how festival co-organizer Natasha Cohen-Carroll describes Mustard Seed Film Festival, Philadelphia’s premier South Asian film festival that took place last weekend. What was originally envisioned by Cohen-Carroll and co-organizer Hariprasad Kowtha to be a small film viewing in a backyard with friends grew into … Read More

It’s happening this Friday and Saturday. The South Asian population in Philadelphia has grown over 200% in the last decade, but looking at the art scene there you might not think it. For Natasha Cohen-Carroll and Hariprasad Kowtha, Philly inhabitants, this felt wrong. So they launched their own film festival to combat the lack. “We’ve noticed a … Read More