An inspiring array of underground South Asian short films from India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Mann Ke Manjeeré
India 2001
5 mins., 35mm Color
DIRECTOR(s): Sujit Sircar
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| A music video depicting the journey of a woman who becomes a liberated truck driver. |
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Laxmi
New Zealand 2000
10 mins., 35mm Color
DIRECTOR(s): Mandrika Rupa
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| A coming-of-age story of an Indian girl growing up in colonial New Zealand during wartime, 1942. |
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Cross My Heart
US Premiere
UK 2002
22 mins., 35mm Color
DIRECTOR(s): Avie Luthra
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| A young man leads a double life when he tries to convince his family that he is "Indian" enough to inherit his uncle's video store. A hilarious critique of racism within the Asian British community. |
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Sangam (The Confluence)
San Francisco Premiere
USA 2003
27 mins., Video Color
DIRECTOR(s): Prashant Bhargava
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| Sangam is a place in India where three sacred rivers converge. The film is a meditation on the rivers that bind and divide us. |
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Take the A Train
USA 2003
16 mins., 16mm Color
DIRECTOR(s): Amyn Kaderali
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| When a prep school boy is the victim of a prank on the subway, he learns that sometimes the end of the line is only just the beginning. |
