Tuesday, Sept. 20 , 7 p.m., Kenworthy Theatre, Moscow: Screening of Airlift (159 min, subtitled)
This 2016 film, part of the Bollywood on the Palouse series, Airlift is the story of Indians stranded in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion. A story of how they, with the help of Ranjit Katyal, managed to survive the Iraqi invasion, and against all odds traveled a thousand kilometers across the border into Amman, Jordan. From Amman, 170,000 Indians were brought home by the largest and the most successful evacuation ever attempted by any country, in the history of the world. Sponsored by the WSU College of Arts and Sciences, Honor’s College, Foreign Languages and Cultures, and Asia Program. Free admission.