WHO: Mira Nair, Indian-born and Harvard-educated filmmaker whose work illuminates the ambiguities of the immigrant experience, and highlights the conflicts between modern and traditional cultures. Salaam Bombay! in 1988 marked her feature-length debut, and she has gone on to make such films as Mississippi Masala, The Perez Family, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake.

WHAT: Forum@MC, Cinema Diaspora panel discussion, with topics to include immigration in modern cinema. Gayatri Gopinath, an assistant professor of women and gender studies, is among the faculty members due to participate.

Provocations Series, "Between Two Worlds: An Evening with Mira Nair."

WHEN: May 21, Forum@MC, 4 p.m.; Provocations Series address, 8 p.m.

WHERE: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

ADMISSION: Forum@MC, free and open to the public; Provocations Series, tickets required, available through the Mondavi Center box office, (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.