HEMA , a short film

HEMA

short film | drama , a slice of life

Logline:

Plunged into a country far different from hers due to her husband’s job, HEMA must assimilate into American culture, connect with her son and find her voice despite language barriers.

Director's Statement:

This story is based on my upbringing in the states but told from my mother’s perspective. It’s an homage to all the struggles she went through to raise me. The decision to stay was hers in the end, and she embraced it fully. My mother passed away from cancer when I was 19, but the impact she had on me in those early years is immense, and the sacrifices she made for me is the heart of this story.

-Ritvik Dhavale

Story:

The early 2000s - Pune, India. HEMA is an independent interior decorator as Amit works away at an engineering firm that promises to send him to America. They have a son named Sahil, whose life is about to change forever.

Cut to: 2009, small town America - HEMA begins six months into their journey in America, where Amit chases the American Dream of getting a green card, Sahil assimilates into his newfound identity as an American Indian and Hema is stripped away from her independence and has to be a stay at home mother.

Team:

http://www.marcuspatterson.com

Producers- Shaurya Nanavati, Aishwarya Sonar

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This fund will pay the crew, cast, locations, permits, travel, equipment, catering and production design. We are committed to diversity and inclusion.