Boston International Film Festival 2008 SESSION 9 Sunday, June 8, 1:00pm – 3:30pm Yoga Saves – 8min Andre and Peter are two urban young black men. Growing up in South Central LA. they experienced gang life, foster homes, juvenile detention, drugs and other hardships. Then they started doing yoga and their lives turned around. They found a way to relax and rid themselves of anger, stay fit and healthy, and drop down into a new lifestyle, one that saved their lives. Director, Producer, Executive Producer: Michael Kuehnert Eternally Yours – 15min Teruko, an elderly lady lives alone in the Japanese countryside of Niigata. She becomes delighted when a man comes to visit her house to deliver a golden package. She mistakes him for her childhood friend, but he's a con-man selling fake pills... The ensuing comedy of wit between the two characters plays upon soocial prejudice and preconceptions about senior citizens. This film was inspired by recent incidents in Japan, where senior citizens living alone were deceived by all kinds of con-men and scam-artists. Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Writer: Atsushi Ogata An Islamic Conscience – 82min Born into a world of wealth and privilege, he devotes his life to eliminating poverty and inequality. A religious leader who traces his ancestry back to the Prophet Muhammad, he struggles to balance the traditional with the modern.  For the past five decades, the Aga Khan has been the spiritual leader and Imam of the 15 million Ismaili Muslims in a world that has changed dramatically. From the end of colonialism and the expulsion of the Asians in Uganda to the fall of the Iron Curtain and 9/11, the Aga Khan has struggled for a common humanity in a divided world.  At a time when Islam is at odds with itself and with the West, the Aga Khan represents a voice of moderation, speaking out for pluralism and diversity, and promoting dialogue between civilizations.  But will he be heard? Filmmaker: Shamir Allibhai