My Dear Americans (2013)

A short narrative funded by Film Independent My Dear Americans is about a Sikh womans defiant spirit A recent immigrant to the US Tejpreet is reluctant to embrace her new American identity In contrast her husband celebrates everything that mildly reeks of America On Americas most patriotic holiday the fourth of July they have a threatening racist encounter that crushes the Sikh mans enthusiastic spirit Witnessing her husbands devastation Tejpreet makes a choice against hate and turns the situation around if only momentarily