Unbroken Glass
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R. Patrick Lile
Dinesh Das Sabu
| Unbroken Glass | |
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| Directed by | Dinesh Das Sabu |
| Produced by | Dinesh Das Sabu R. Patrick Lile |
| Cinematography | Ian Robertson Kibbe Dinesh Das Sabu |
| Edited by | Matt Lauterbach |
| Music by | Joshua Abrams |
Production company | Kartemquin Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Unbroken Glass is a 2016 independent documentary film, directed by Dinesh Das Sabu and produced by Kartemquin Films.[1] Unbroken Glass weaves together Das Sabu's journey of discovery with cinéma vérité scenes of his family dealing with still raw emotions and consequences of his immigrant parents’ lives and deaths. The film was shot over five years in Illinois, New Mexico, California, and India.
The film premiered at the 2016 Seattle South Asian Film Festival on October 22, 2016,[2] and has gone on to play at the 2016 Dallas Video Fest,[3] the 2016 Driftless Film Festival,[4] and the 2016 Austin Asian American Film Festival where it went on to get a Jury Award-Special Mention for Documentary Feature.[5]
The film received funding from the Sage Foundation,[6] Firelight Media,[7] the Asian Giving Circle,[8] City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events,[9] and the Illinois Arts Council.[10]
When he was six years old, Dinesh Das Sabu's parents died. Raised by his older siblings, he had little idea who his parents were or where he came from. Through making Unbroken Glass, he attempts to piece together their story and his own. Uncovering a silenced family history and disturbing truths, Dinesh and his siblings must finally reconcile the past, confronting the trauma of losing their parents and the specter of mental illness.
Unbroken Glass weaves together Das Sabu's journey of discovery with cinema-verite scenes of his family dealing with still raw emotions and consequences of his immigrant parents’ lives and deaths.