Third edition of ZEE JLF AT BOULDER runs September 15-17

Mumbai, September 11,2017: The US edition of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival returns for the third year at the Boulder Public Library from September 15 – 17, 2017 with a promise to Get High on Literature!

A festival of literature from all over the world, ZEE JLF at Boulder, Colorado is an event unlike any other. Free and accessible to everyone, rich with words and ideas, it is a bite sized platter for US audiences to experience ‘the greatest literary show on Earth’ as ZEE JLF has been often called. The Festival examines the human experience through the reflections and imaginations of distinguished contemporary authors from across the globe.

ZEE JLF at Boulder kicks off on Friday, September 15th at the Boulder Public Library, featuring more than 70 authors from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe in provocative conversations about life and society, economics and the arts, equity, freedom, and the care of our planet. The program includes over 40 sessions spread over three days covering themes that include migration and cultural appropriation, 100 years of the Russian Revolution, feminism across cultures, journalism and reportage, nature and the environment, U.S. gun culture, Native American rights, yoga and meditation, constitutions, LGBT, Latino, African American and Native American voices.

Much like the flagship ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival in India, ZEE JLF at Boulder features art and cultural showcases including an exhibition from the awardees of the Ojas Art Award 2017 for traditional Bheel Art from one of the many tribal communities from India. Audiences can look forward to spell-binding musical performances including Sacred Chanting by the Gaden Shartse Monks on Friday, September 15; Morning Music by Deborah Marshall & Nan Shannon on Saturday, September 16 and Songs of Mirabai by Vinata Gangolli accompanied by Arvind Sathe and recitations by Andrew Schelling on the morning Sunday, September 17. Lisa Marie Simmons’ NoteSpeak Project with special guest Miles Simmons will perform at the Evening Music on Saturday, September 16.

ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, in its long standing partnership with The Museum of Modern Art, also features a session at MoMA in New York on Sunday, September 10. Presented through MoMA’s post presents series of talks devoted to the cross-geographical consideration of modern and contemporary art, the session features Urvashi Butalia, Bouchra Khalili, Bruce Robbins, and Eyal Weizman in conversation with Marie Brenner on “Patriot Games: Contextualizing Nationalism”. The accelerating changes and unrelenting disruptions of globalization have led to a severe backlash and regression into simplistic racial, tribal and national identities. The panel examines the psychology of the nation state, as well as the vision of the human species as inhabitants of a shared planet.

FROM ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED:
Sunil Buch, CEO – ZEE LIVE & ZEE Talent | Head – Corporate Brand & Communications

It is our firm belief that television is all about great writing and we pride ourselves on creating quality content, driven by strong storylines and iconic characters. As the world goes increasingly digital, we find that it is becoming all the more important to keep the love for the written word alive. Today’s youth are less likely to spare time to actually sit down and read a book even if it’s in the form of a Kindle Edition or an audio podcast. In this digital age, it is initiatives like the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival that are helping to revive the passion for the written word amongst the youth and to nurture the spirit of love towards literature.

ZEE takes great pride in this property and after successfully partnering with the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival in India for over four years, we have now extended our association to the international editions – Boulder in the U.S. and British Library in the U.K. which perfectly matches our endeavour of opening channels of dialogue between authors, poets and thinkers from around the world. The first two editions of ZEE JLF at Boulder have been immensely successful and we are confident that the Festival will reach new heights this year with attendees engaging in relevant, provocative debates and conversations around the core theme of ‘Freedom to Dream’ that will enlighten audiences on how to make the world a better place to live in.