My Dear Americans

My Dear Americans

2013 · 7 min · Drama

A short narrative funded by Film Independent, My Dear Americans is about a Sikh woman’s defiant spirit. A recent immigrant to the U.S, Tejpreet is reluctant to embrace her new American identity. In contrast, her husband celebrates everything that mildly reeks of America. On America’s most patriotic holiday, the fourth of July, they have a threatening racist encounter that crushes the Sikh man’s enthusiastic spirit. Witnessing her husband’s devastation, Tejpreet makes a choice against hate and turns the situation around, if only momentarily.

Directed by Arpita Kumar · Written by Arpita Kumar

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Gugun Deep Singh Baldev Singh
Ansuya Nathan Tejpreet Kaur Singh

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