Preceded by short: Junky Punky Girlz (Nisha Kumari Ganatra, U.S., 1996). A young Indian American woman in New York's East Village goes to get her nose pierced, only to discover the cultural complications. (10:45 mins, B&W, 16mm, From the artist) "It is not often that we women get away from the patriarchal demands made on us in our daily lives, struggling between the double yoke of racism and sexism that we bear. This is your day, have a female fun time!" So begins Bhaji on the Beach, a hilarious Indo-romp made "for rude girls everywhere." This cocky comedy centers on Hashida, intelligent daughter of Indian immigrants, who finds herself pregnant by her black boyfriend. Reluctantly, she goes ahead with a planned day-trip with a group of Asian women of all ages out for some guilty pleasures at the popular seaside resort of Blackpool. As her secret unravels, so do the expectations of the women, from Ginder, who is running away from an abusive husband and his complicit family; to "aunties" like Asha, a sari-clad beauty who allows herself to be wooed amid the honky-tonk by an aging British actor; to the matriarch Pushpa, who inspires guilt with a glance. Director Chadha relishes both the ironies and natural affinities of being a British Asian-summed up by a first sighting of the sideshow that is Blackpool: "It's Bombay!"