
Multiple-award-winning filmmaker Arshad Khan examines his troubled relationship with his devout, Pakistani, Muslim father Abu. Using family archives and movies, Khan explores his struggle with his identity and compares it to his parents attempts to fit into Canada. The film tells a deeply personal story which has universal resonance.... (Full plot summary below)
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Multiple-award-winning filmmaker Arshad Khan examines his troubled relationship with his devout, Pakistani, Muslim father Abu. Using family archives and movies, Khan explores his struggle with his identity and compares it to his parents attempts to fit into Canada. The film tells a deeply personal story which has universal resonance.
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| Globe and MailAparita Bhandari[A] well-made documentary that manages to charm you, while also following that dictum to #SpeakYourTruth. |
| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerWhile some questions remain unanswered by the end, it's still a fascinating look at navigating various cultures. And the final moments are exquisite. |
| Pittsburgh City PaperHannah LynnThis film is a compassionate look on how a divide between parent and child is created, and whether or not it can be repaired. |
| National PostChris KnightThe movie is a touching portrait of a life. |
| Audiences EverywhereNathanael Hood...it left me with little more emotional or artistic fulfillment than one of those banal objective documentaries that are the bane of film critics. |
| User ReviewMiguel JA tale of intersectionality, being a minority within a minority, between a rock and a hard place, reconciling all these parts of your identity and ultimately being yourself. A masterpiece of filmmaking. |