As a man ages, he refuses assistance from his daughter and begins to doubt his loved ones and the fabric of reality. With dementia, he constantly forgets important things and becomes increasingly confused. His daughter plans to move to Paris, leading to further confusion. He believes he lives in his own flat, but in reality, he has been living with his daughter, her partner, and a caretaker. As his condition worsens, he ends up in a nursing home and experiences emotional breakdowns.
Set in the 1960s, the show follows an Indian doctor who moves to a small town in Wales and faces various challenges while trying to bridge the cultural gap and provide medical care to the local community.
Daulatdia is an entire village in Bangladesh dedicated to prostitution. Every day, 1,600 trafficked, enslaved and abandoned women and girls sell themselves for £2 a time. In the midst of the trade live 300 children, many born in the village. Some will be groomed to be the future of the business like their mothers and grandmothers. With education programmes and support provided by Save The Children, a few may find their way out.
City of Joy is a movie about an American surgeon who travels to Calcutta, India to volunteer at a medical clinic. He becomes friends with the locals and witnesses the poverty and corruption that plague the city. Despite the challenging circumstances, he finds hope and optimism in the midst of it all.
Meera Syal stars in this poignant story of friendship, betrayal and cross-cultural conflict based on her hit novel. Three childhood friends, now in their 30s, find themselves at a crossroads & struggling to come to terms with shocking revelations.
Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to people, especially to Hindus, in order to promote the Hindu Faith, and be known as a writer. He does get considerable success, so much so that he becomes famous as a miracle worker, having cured a man of sharing intimacy with his bicycle; prevented a man from believing that he can fly; and convincing a young woman to end her fast. His fame spreads all over the island and thousands throng to seek his blessings, which he does dole out quite benevolently, without charging any fees from the poor and the needy. He then decides to spread his wings by challenging the local politician Pandit Narayan Chandrashekhar alias Cyrus T., and takes over The Hindu Organization, thence opening his way to a seat in the prestigious Member of the Legislative Assembly
After his entire department is outsourced, Todd Anderson travels to India to train his replacement and experiences culture shock and unexpected love along the way.
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, Chinna; and son, Mohan, but Velu keeps on putting it off. Narasimha gets to know and sympathize with members of this band, and befriends Lakshmi, who was gang-raped by several policemen. He is then asked to prove his loyalty by killing an informant/plainclothes police inspector - which he does - and even accompanies the band on an assault on a school, resulting in the death of some children. Traumatized after this incident, he decides to flee - and it is this decision that will not only estrange him from his family but also force him to be on the run from the band as well as the police.
In a world where powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust, two young people and their dæmons become ensnared in a terrifying manhunt. With everything at stake, they must protect a tiny child named Lyra Belacqua, who holds the fate of the future. As the waters rise around them, the battle for control of Dust intensifies, with some seeking salvation and others fueling infinite corruption.
Anita, a 12-year-old girl of Indian descent, grows up in 1970s England, facing cultural clashes and discovering herself in a comedic and heartwarming tale.
Beset by problems at home and abroad, a capricious king is forced to relinquish his ‘hollow crown’. As his supporters abandon him and his power trickles away, Richard reflects with startling eloquence on the disintegration of his status and identity. Adjoa Andoh and Lynette Linton direct the first ever company of women of colour in a Shakespeare play on a major UK stage, in a post-Empire reflection on what it means to be British in the light of the Windrush anniversary and as we leave the European Union.
Jubilee is a thought-provoking drama that explores the complex world of politics and its impact on society. Set in the year 2009, the movie delves into the struggles faced by individuals as they navigate through the maze of power and corruption.
In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former life as a Brahman wife in Nepal. Her parish priest, Father Daniel is under orders to convince her otherwise, as reincarnation does not accord with official Catholic doctrine. Instead, he agrees to journey with her to the site of her dreams of a previous life. Once there, they discover that all is just as she had dreamed it, and her former husband has remarried despite promising not to. Her arrival on the scene does not disturb the man, but it really upsets his new wife, who departs with her baby. Manika decides that it helps no one for her to remain there in Nepal, and returns to her home in the south. However, all this has caused a genuine crisis of faith for the priest who, witnessing all this, has had to grapple with some irreconcilable issues.
A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello set in a modern world. The story revolves around jealousy, betrayal, and the consequences of one man's manipulation. It explores themes of race, identity, and the destructive power of mistrust. Othello, the Moorish general of Venice, becomes consumed by jealousy when his ensign, Iago, plants seeds of doubt in his mind about his wife's fidelity. This tragic tale delves into the dark side of human nature and the consequences of unchecked suspicion.
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties siblings and friends whose personal lives are continuously messed up by their own selfish needs. Mad, Sad and Bad explores our contemporary metropolitan neuroses through the intersecting lives of these siblings and their friends. The narrative slips from one character to the next as they escape and attack each other. all reluctant members of the same dysfunctional family. Written by Ed Barratt
The Terrorist follows the story of a young pregnant woman who is recruited by a terrorist group in India. She is assigned a suicide mission, and as she prepares for the attack, she begins to question her motives and the life she is about to take. With themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and the consequences of violence, this film explores the complexities of terrorism and the personal toll it takes on those involved.
Loins of Punjab Presents is a comedy movie set in New Jersey, where a group of talented singers, including immigrants, compete in a singing competition. With dry humor and Bollywood-inspired performances, the movie showcases the challenges and aspirations of these individuals as they navigate their way through the competition and their personal lives.
A search for a lost street girl in midst of exposés of modern sexual behaviour in Bombay and a water mafia in the city, this is a real 'split wide open' of the Indian glamour capital.
Farce written by Shaheen Khan and Sudha Bhuchar about two 39-year-old twins living with their manipulative mother in suburbia.
Mansi, played by Aruna Irani the elder sister has to take up professional singing after her father's death and to support the family. The film focuses mainly on the female characters and traces how the younger sibling Bansi played by Shabana Azmi regains her identity.