In 1914, Mewa Singh Lopoke, fueled by systemic racism in Canada, taps into the revolutionary spirit. Visionary Sikh businessman Gurdit Singh, alongside 375 fellow passengers, sails on the daring voyage of the Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagatamaru). At the heart of their journey lies a fight against the controversial Canadian direct voyage law and the harsh realities of diaspora dreams...
Taratoa Stappard’s brooding debut feature plunges us into the dour moors of 1859 North Yorkshire, where the British Empire’s reach casts long and twisted shadows. Mary Stevens (Ariāna Osborne), a young Māori teacher from Aotearoa (New Zealand), arrives in search of family truths, only to find the man who summoned her already dead and no clear path home. Stranded in an unfamilia...