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cimm fest

chicago international movies & music festival

i checked out cimm fest with a friend friday night.  we watched bollywood dream.  a story about 3 brazilian women moving to india to be actresses.  

honestly, i really enjoyed it.  they were speaking brazilian (it that what they speak in brazil?) and indian and i couldn't see the subtitles at all where i was sitting, but i still enjoyed it.  i liked watching them work so hard to dance bollywood.  it sort-of reminded me of trying to learn salsa.  sort-of.  no, i don't know what the drama in the movie was (couldn't read), but emotion is universal so i picked enough up from that to enjoy my experience.

this screening was located at the cultural center downtown.  i loved the laid back atmosphere and it was full!  
there was a high school dance happening upstairs so mike and i watched it a little (pretending we were looking at the dome) and then continued walking up to the top of the building.  (there's not too much to see up there.)  i said i'd be ok if i had some of those high schoolers dresses... some of them were super cute.

the best part, besides hanging out with my friend, it was free! =)


and you know as a super long work day came to an end friday i was hoping my friend would cancel on me so i could do nothing.  i mentioned this to one of my co-workers who experienced the chaos that was friday and who's moving to new jersey in a couple months and she said something about wishing she took more advantage of what chicago has to offer. and then i knew i had to go.  and i'm so happy i did!

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