Our Time
Directed by Arpita Kumar
Description
A ten-year old Indian-American girl’s obsession with her absent father blinds her to the loving presence of her mother. She uses technology to reach out to the missing father, cutting out her mother in the process, until technology forces her to address the rupture in her family.
Director's Bio
Arpita Kumar’s award-winning films have screened at the White House, Mill Valley, Atlanta, Sarasota, Cleveland, DC Shorts, Bend Film, Athens, and won the PBS People’s Choice Award. Out of more than 2000 submissions, Arpita was selected as a writer for Issa Rae Productions, Project Greenlight Digital Studios, Adaptive Studios, and Color Creative TV. She was also a Film Independent’s Project Involve directing fellow.
Credits
Producers: Vineet Khosla, Giulia Caruso
Director: Arpita Kumar
Writer: Arpita Kumar
Cinematographer: Norbert Shieh
Sound: Nick Nylen
Music: Grant Fonda
Editor: Susumu Kimura
Cast: Aurea Jolly, Ansuya Nathan, Narendra Gala
Plays in
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The Sum of My Memory
Shorts Programs / 87 mins
What do you select to build your memories? Is it the color of your childhood home? Is it the scent of your favorite dish? Is it the bassline of a song? Explore the process of memory with these films, and learn how stories build with glimpses of the past. — Eseel BorlasaIn This Program: Im/Perfection, Dots, Our Time, Occasionally, I Saw Glimpses of Hawai‘i, In The Mountains
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