Casts & Crew
Riz Ahmed
Kate Hudson
Liev Schreiber
Kiefer Sutherland
Om Puri
Shabana Azmi
Martin Donovan
Nelsan Ellis
Haluk Bilginer
Meesha Shafi
Imaad Shah
Christopher Nicholas Smith
Ashwath Bhatt
Sarah Quinn
Chandrachur Singh
Adil Hussain
Ali Sethi
Deepti Datt
Gary Richardson
Sonya Jehan
Golam Sarwar Harun
Rohan Gupta
Claire Roberts Lamont
Victor Slezak
Ismail Bashey
Mahmood Mamdani
Taylor St. Clair
Roy McCrerey
Clayton Landey
James Sutton
Jamie Moore
Vince Canlas
Yinka Adeboyeku
Amuche Chukudebelu
Cody Parker
Kuldeep Lulla
Daksh Vashisht
Charu Shankar
Javed Basu Kesselman
Bradford Haynes
Kartikeya
Josiah Lyricq
Byron Carvil Cecil Napier
Mark Oliver
Jimmy R. Perdue Jr.
Tim Campione
Keenan Carver
Momo Casablanca
John Darko
Robert Bryan Davis
Ashlyn Henson
Cait Johnson
Zack Kibria
Ryan Nesset
Megan Pigott
John Mark Ridings
Joel Rogers
Wendy Schweitzer
Jawad Talpur
Erik Thirsk
Uzimann
Karen Valero
Christian Wallace
Also Directed by Mira Nair
The story of Zainab and Arif, who live their son, Munna, in Brooklyn. Zainab makes the complicated decision to leave her protected life and follow her heart. One of eight shorts commissioned by the United Nations on themes concerning global society.
The story is inspired by the assassination of Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party.
It is September 11, 2001, and a young man goes missing in New York. Because of his eastern name and his Islamic religion, he is suspected of being involved in the World Trade Center attack. The FBI inquire about him. The neighbors of his family show their disapproval. His family hold out hope that he will be found and exonerated. (Originally appeared as a segment of the omnibus film "11'09"01 - September 11", but later presented as a separate short film.)
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.
Before Slumdog Millionaire came Salaam Bombay!, Mira Nair’s Oscar-nominated drama tells the moving story of life on the streets of Bombay as seen through the eyes of Chaipu, a twelve-year-old boy living rough in the city.
One of a four-film series on the AIDS epidemic in India, this film examines the virus as Indian society's great class leveler, following its transmission through interweaving stories that link urban and rural India.
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today.