Baton Rouge Bengali Association (BRBLA) Louisiana
Baton Rouge LA, Louisiana USA
Website: www.brbla.org
BRBLA (Baton Rouge Bengali Association) is a non-profit cultural organization (Established in 2002, registered with the State of Louisiana, USA) of Bengalis and Indians living in Baton Rouge and its greater part in Louisiana. BRBLA strives to bring together everyone as a community through various cultural festivities and celebrations to enjoy, learn and share. We at BRBLA work together with the Louisiana Division of Arts. Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and many other local cultural organization like Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center of Arts.
On 17th of August, 2013 BRBLA had organized an afternoon to midnight program BRBLA Nite of Indian Cinema at the Manship Theatre, to be part of the centenary celebrations of the Indian cinema. We are hopeful to do this event every year around 15th August, the Independence day of India. We has presented a panorama of Indian Cinema from Arts films, Documentaries, Advertisement films, Bollywood movies and apart from what films have already created their place; we had screened creations by young talented directors from film Institutes in India. This exciting event was one of its kind, appreciation of films with a taste of Indian food and live Indian music. We had invited film academia from Louisiana State University, Toluene and Loyola Universities of New Orleans and film enthusiasts from Baton Rouge and greater Louisiana to come, share and enjoy!
