Home Sweet India

Home Sweet India

1976

Trinidad, 1949. ' Mass suicide!' shout the Indian residents who want free passage home now that India has its independence. But to a young girl like Kayshee, Trinidad is home - and she must fight her ebullient father in his crazy campaign.

Directed by Vivian Matalon · Written by Samuel Selvon

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