WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU

Aney, a New York City med student, returns to rural India after her mother dies due to lack of medical care. Driven by grief and anger, she sets up a clinic for village outcasts, hoping to change the system. There she meets Farida, a wise and charming teenager from a nomadic tribe.

Aney’s work with the village helps her heal from her mother’s death, but Farida’s life takes a tragic turn when her father dies because he can no longer afford his hospital stay. As Farida’s life unravels, Aney discovers that her utopian dreams are no match for harsh reality.

Filmed over seven years, this deeply personal East-meets-West story of mutual healing shows how the sufferings and joys of the human experience blurs borders and boundaries; countries and caste.

Credits
Writer: Matt Alesevich, Hemal Trivedi
Producer: Matt Rachamkin, Matt Alesevich, Hemal Trivedi, Cynthia Kane, Prerana Thakurdesai
Executive Producer: Sarva Rajendra, Rod Mickels, Drew Hagen, Rohi Mirza Pandya, Rita Mehr, Jonathan T. Baker, Bina Shukla
Director of Photography: Manoj Narula, Jonah Markowitz
Editor: Hemal Trivedi, Anand Gautam
Composer: Gunnard Doboze

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WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU + ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.