14th ANNUAL DCSAFF 2025

DOCUMENTARY AND SHORTS PACKAGE - A Piece of Me, A Very Normal Seeming Man, and Where the Light Enters You

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Aney, a New York–based healthcare worker, returns to rural India after her mother dies from lack of medical care. Driven by grief and resolve, she sets up a clinic for village outcasts, hoping to change the system. There she meets Farida, a wise and resilient 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.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    36 minutes
  • Language
    English, Hindi, Gujarati
  • Country
    India
  • Premiere
    DC Premiere
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Matt Alesevich, Hemal Trivedi
  • Producer
    Matt Rachamkin, Cynthia Kane, Prerana Thakurdesai, Matt Alesevich,
  • Executive Producer
    Jonathan T. Baker, Sarva Rajendra, Drew Hagen, Rod Mickels, Rohi Mirza Pandya, Rita Meher, Bina Shukla
  • Cinematographer
    Manoj Narula, Jonah Markowitz
  • Editor
    Anand Gautam, Hemal Trivedi
  • Composer
    Milind Date
  • Music
    Gunnard Doboze
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