A Dream in Doubt
credits:
Director: Tami YeagerProducers: Tami Yeager, Preetmohan Singh
Writer: Tami Yeager
USA 2007 | 56 mins | DigiBeta | English, Punjabi w/E.S.
IN PERSON (at select screenings): Tami Yeager
There’s no question that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 damaged the American psyche. For Rana Sodhi, that fateful day would shatter his long-held image of the United States. A DREAM IN DOUBT documents the murder of Rana’s brother Balbir Singh Sodhi; on September 15, 2001, while working at his gas station in Mesa, Arizona, Sodhi was fatally shot by a man who mistook him for an Arab Muslim because of his turban. A DREAM IN DOUBT follows Rana Sodhi as he seeks to reconcile his brother’s death with the success that the family has enjoyed since immigrating to the United States. The post-9/11 climate of intolerance and revenge is jarringly juxtaposed with the archival photos of the family’s journey from their native India to the U.S., a story of universal hope and perseverance. Through Rana’s questions, anger, and loss, the film distills the essence of the “American Dream” and the resilience of the human spirit, and communicates the spectrum of human strength and weakness that were unleashed on two fateful days.
—Sapana Sakya
A Dream in Doubt was funded by CAAM.
This film is preceeded by the following short:
Someone Else's War
USA | 2007 | 26 minsDirector: Lee Wang
An army of civilians from around the world is working in Iraq to support the U.S. Military, but few know of the complicated order of global capital that has brought them to the Middle East. Wang’s fascinating documentary tells the stories of three Filipino Halliburton-employed TCNs (Third Country Nationals) who labor in the Iraqi war zone.
