The Last Resort

The Last Resort follows the intertwined lives of residents at Shanti Niketan, the first Indian-American retirement community in the United States, where a generation of immigrants is entering a new stage of life. Many arrived in the 1960s and 70s, building careers, raising families, and creating lives that bridged continents. Now, they navigate the slower pace of aging, the challenges of illness and loss, and shifting relationships with their adult children—while quietly asking what “home” means at this stage in life. Blending Indian traditions with American life, they laugh, debate, reminisce, and rely on each other – shaping a vision of aging that is both deeply rooted in culture and the place they now call home.

Film Advisory Content: Grief, Homophobia

Credits
Writer: Sarita Khurana, Melissa Thompson, Flávia De Souza
Producer: Prerana Thakurdesai
Executive Producer: Geeta Gandbhir, Sarita Khurana
Director of Photography: Azad
Editor: Melissa Thompson, Flávia De Souza
Sound Designer: Jack Neu
Consulting Producer: Jaret Vadera
Graphics Designer: Landon Maloney
Color Grading: Ranju Majumdar
Sound Mixing: William Hsieh

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IN BETWEEN WORLDS

These eight short documentaries follow people suspended between home and the loss of it, between tradition and transformation, and between the stories we inherit and the ones we choose to tell.