Underplayed Gems

Unbroken Glass (2016)

Unbroken Glass poster
Directed by
Dinesh Das Sabu
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
57 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A filmmaker examines his immigrant parents' lives and deaths. The documentary combines his personal investigation with fly-on-the-wall scenes of his family processing their grief.

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What happens

Unbroken Glass is a 2016 independent documentary film, directed by Dinesh Das Sabu and produced by Kartemquin Films. Unbroken Glass weaves together Das Sabu's journey of discovery with cinéma vérité scenes of his family dealing with still raw emotions and consequences of his immigrant parents’ lives and deaths. The film was shot over five years in Illinois, New Mexico, California, and India. The film premiered at the 2016 Seattle South Asian Film Festival on October 22, 2016, and has gone on to play at the 2016 Dallas Video Fest, the 2016 Driftless Film Festival, and the 2016 Austin Asian American Film Festival where it went on to get a Jury Award-Special Mention for Documentary Feature. The film received funding from the Sage Foundation, Firelight Media, the Asian Giving Circle, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and the Illinois Arts Council. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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