Meet the Patels / Four in a Billion Pictures presents ; a co-production of ITVS ; in association with Impact Partners, The Center for Asian American Media, Whitewater Films, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Hartley Film Foundation,Tribeca Film Institute ; produced by Janet Eckholm and Geeta V. Patel ; directed by Getta V. Patel & Ravi V. Patel ; written by Geeta V. Patel, Ravi V. Patel, Billy McMillin, Matthew Hamachek.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Patel, Geeta V., 1975- film director, editor of moving image work, screenwriter, director of photography.

Patel, Ravi, 1978- film director, editor of moving image work, screenwriter.

Fries, Janet, film producer.

McMillin, Billy, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Hamachek, Matthew, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Four in a Billion Pictures, film production company.

Independent Television Service, film production company.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, film production company.

Impact Partners (Firm), film production company.

Alchemy (Firm), film distributor.

Language:

English

Gujarati

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Patel, Ravi, 1978-.

Patel, Ravi, 1978---Family.

Gujaratis (Indic people)--Marriage customs and rites.

Gujarati Americans--Biography.

Arranged marriage.

Gujarati Americans.

Families.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Comedy films.

Biographies.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Los Angeles, CA] : Alchemy, [2015]

Language Note:

In English and some Gujarati with subtitles in English; optional subtitles in Spanish.

Open-captioned in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; chiefly full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital 2.0.

digital optical surround Dolby Digital

digital optical stereo Dolby Digital

full screen (1.33:1)

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

A laugh-out-loud real-life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year-old Indian American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams and...his parents. Includes some animated sequences.

Participant:

Chandar Abboy, Renita Abboy, Rishika Advani, Rali Amin.

Credits:

Cinematography, Geeta V. Patel; editor, Billy McMillin, Matt Hamachek, Geeta V. Patel, Ravi V. Patel, Dhevi Natarajan.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2014.

ISBN:

9781616663773

1616663774

OCLC:

932137938

Publisher Number:

687797161192

A-16119 Alchemy