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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 25, 2002: Playing right now at the Library of Congress, the National Geographic Society and American University, in the city of Washington, D.C., are 35 films directed by India’s Satyajit Ray. Acclaimed as one of the 20th century’s greatest directors, Ray was given a honorary Oscar for his work in the field before he died in 1992. This showing is to commemorate his work. Soumitra Chatterjee, an actor who starred in 15 of Ray’s films, first introduced the series at the National Gallery of Art. Presented in the Bengali language with subtitles in English, the films are all showing together. Satyajit Ray began his film career in India in 1955 by producing the first part of a trilogy centering around the story of Apu, the son of a poor priest whose life changed when he moved to Calcutta. Financed by pawning his wife’s jewelry, the film was a masterpiece of story-telling and character development.

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