About This Film
Festival Year: 2014
Run Time: 24 Minutes
Film Type: Short
Animated: No
Countr(ies): India
English Subtitles: No
Captions: None
Film Overview
Inspired by a true story: In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, causing anti-Sikh riots to erupt throughout the country. A teacher traveling back from a field trip with her class of ten-year-old students struggles to protect Kush, the only Sikh student in the class, from the growing violence around him.