In Search of America, Inshallah (2014)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Family, Short
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Director: Danish Renzu
Writers: Niranjan Iyengar , Sunayana Kachroo , Vikram Yashpal , Danish Renzu
Language: English
Stars: Roopashree Jeevaji , Jessica Morris (I) , Avi Nash , Nicholas Guilak , Jennifer Echols , Eboni Clayton , Victor Estrada , Mustafa Haidari , Samra Kamran , Khalid Mubin
Runtime: 25 min
Awards: 5 wins & 3 nominations
AKA: In Search of America, Inshallah (United States of America) , In Search of America, Inshallah
Plot: Shaheen Ilyas, a young traditional Pakistani woman, arrives in Los Angeles in search of her husband, Ali Ilyas. Ali who has left his wife and his homeland just after the wedding has come to America to earn money. Shaheen is unfortunately greeted into a drastic and unknown world which questions her "dependent" identity. From her luggage and passport being stolen, to being harassed by a homeless bum, she is faced with many other challenges. It is up to Shaheen to live by her intrinsic values, the traditions she has been raised with or adapt and choose to make her own identity.
IMDB:tt3333076