A Peek At ‘The Pits’ — A Short Film By Shetu Modi
Toronto-based Shetu Modi is a writer, director and editor who says she grew up in a mid-sized city with an active South Asian community and … Read more
That’s What She Said: Bollywood Dialogues Spoken By Women
Iconic filmy dialogues pepper the mundane minutiae of our everyday lives with some much-needed punch and melodrama. What would Bollywood be without these dialogues, timed … Read more
3rd i Film Festival Shares ‘Bad, Brown, Bride’ Trio of Desi Short Stories
The 3rd I International South Asian Film Festival is back this year with dates in San Francisco (Nov. 9-11) and Palo Alto (Nov. 18). Visit … Read more
The Tiger Hunter Shares An Immigrant Underdog’s Comedic Quest To Be A “Professional American”
Interested in bringing a screening of The Tiger Hunter to your city? Sign up at https://www.thetigerhunter.com/screenings, and reserve your tickets. *** It’s 1979 in small-town … Read more
Fawzia Mirza & Shabana Azmi Star in Chicago Love Story Signature Move
After premiering at SXSW 2017 and winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best U.S. Narrative Feature at Outfest Los Angeles, the independent film Signature Move … Read more
Mixed-Remixed, Identity & Smoke that Travels
Some background information: I am mixed. Or variously: biracial, multi-ethnic, Eurasian. Less kindly by a classmate in middle school: mutt. The mechanics: my dad is from … Read more
Hena Ashraf’s Short Film Takes A Fun Swipe at Tinder Date Selfies
Shot on the UCLA campus where Hena Ashraf is pursuing her MFA in film directing, short film Selfie Trash offers an amusing and critical look at the nearly … Read more
Gene Wilder: The Comic Bond Between A Father & Son
“Kings will be crowned, and the word goes around, From father to son, to son” — Queen I met Gene Wilder in 2010 during a book … Read more
Daughters of Destiny: Education, Caste, & Gender Struggles In India
In early August, Netflix put out a four-part documentary by Oscar-winning director Vanessa Roth called Daughters of Destiny, about Shanti Bhavan (in Hindi: “haven of peace”), a … Read more
The Big Sick & Brown Romance In Pop Culture Narratives
In the past few years, we have finally seen an uptick in the personal narratives of Brown-American men on the big screen. No longer limited … Read more
