My mother India / written and directed by Safina Uberoi and Produced by Penelope McDonald.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Uberoi, Safina.

Contributor:

McDonald, Penelope.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--India.

Families.

Intermarriage.

Multiracial children.

Sikhs.

India--Social conditions--1947-.

India.

India--Social life and customs.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 min.).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2003.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

This lively portrait of the mixed marriage between a scholarly Sikh husband and his red-headed, freckle-faced Australian-born wife, is told from the point of view of their slightly bemused daughter, the filmmaker. Growing up in India, her eccentric parents were a source of embarrassment. In this conservative society, her mother would line dry her underwear to the horror of neighbors. Her father proudly collected "kitch" calendars in the name of anthropology. Her outspoken Indian grandmother hated all men, especially her ex-husband. Although Safina was teased by her classmates for having light-colored skin, she remembers a happy childhood.What begins as a gently humorous portrait unfolds into a complex commentary on the social, political and religious events of the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 which tore this family apart. This is a powerful story of love and hate, exile and belonging, loss of identity and return to faith.Produced in association with SBS Independent and financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Special Jury Award, Hawaii International Film Festival, 2002

Jury Prize, Best Australian Documentary, Australian Film Critics Circle, 2002

OCLC:

747798891