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THEME EXPLORATION

Indian American experience

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Moving Perspectives
Moving Perspectives
1967 · Mrinal Sen
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 · Eugene Yi
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 · Arthur Penn
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 · Cecil B. DeMille
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
The State of the World
The State of the World
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Mira Nair → India

Her films like 'Mississippi Masala' and 'The Namesake' directly explore the complexities of Indian immigrant identity, belonging, and cultural displacement in America.

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