Co-Director, Editor
It was a summer of romance, race-wars, and rock n’ roll. Unable to attend their local prom, HARVEST PARTY AT CAMP TWO recounts the story of the Punjabi farm workers in 1980’s Northern California who throw the biggest party their small town has ever seen. This hybrid-documentary short spotlights racism, dwindling farmland, and Punjabi-Sikh immigrant contributions to California’s agriculture industry.
Supported by SFFILM & ITVS. Learn more.
Director, Cinematographer, Editor.
K FOR KASHMIR (documentary short) explores the geo-political, social, and historical conflicts of the Kashmiri region through a personal lens. The film works to confront questions of identity, inequality, conflict, and peace.
2016 Roselyn Schneider Eisner Award First Prize Winner. Grizzly Bay Film Festival 2015 "Best Film" and "Best Editor" Winner. Tongues on Fire London Asian Film Festival 2017
Producer
This short documentary follows a mother and daughter as they visit sites where their Chinese ancestors may have labored to build the railroad six generations.
2023 Kennedy Center, Best Short Documentary Winner at 2023 San Diego Asian Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, LA Asian Film Festival, CAAMFest, IndyShorts, Mill Valley Film Festival, DOC NYC. Streaming on Nowness Asia.
Director of Photography
This short documentary, in collaboration with National Geographic and photographer Philip Cheung follows the descendants of Chinese workers who helped build the American railroad. Watch the piece here.
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
What are the places you feel totally honest? This film is centered around a bed, a place where one young woman feels held enough to speak the unfiltered truth, to confess what she holds guarded inside. This film invites you to sit with a strangers vulnerability as she explores facets of her fears and desires.
On display at MK Calling 2024 Summer Arts Show, Milton Keynes Gallery.