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The Namesake
7.5

The Namesake

Sep. 02, 2006

The Namesake

After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their ...
11’09”01—September 11
6.8

11’09”01—September 11

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that ...
Hysterical Blindness
6.5

Hysterical Blindness

Jan. 16, 2002

Hysterical Blindness

Two friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for Mr. Right in 1980s New Jersey.
Monsoon Wedding
7.3

Monsoon Wedding

Aug. 30, 2001

Monsoon Wedding

As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. ...
Vanity Fair
6.2

Vanity Fair

Sep. 01, 2004

Vanity Fair

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns ...
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
6

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have ...
The Perez Family
6

The Perez Family

May. 12, 1995

The Perez Family

In the midst of the Mariel boat lift — a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America — an immigration clerk accidentally ...
Mississippi Masala
6.8

Mississippi Masala

Sep. 18, 1991

Mississippi Masala

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway ...
Salaam Bombay!
7.9

Salaam Bombay!

Aug. 24, 1988

Salaam Bombay!

After destroying his older brother’s motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus ...