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Festival of Lights

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An immigrant family moves to Queens and rediscovers their Guyanese heritage.

Critics Reviews

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Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times 11/09/2012
2/5
The travel-heavy third act, which leapfrogs a host of key plot points, risibly defies logic and clarity as the film barrels toward its forced and sentimental conclusion. Go to Full Review Ronnie Scheib Variety 11/08/2012
Somewhere in her switch from documaking to fiction filmmaking, Shundell Prasad seems to have lost touch with clarity. Go to Full Review John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter 11/07/2012
Universal themes aren't enough to buoy unimaginative drama. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/06/2019
A contrived soap opera of cliché and predictability. Go to Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 11/08/2012
3/5
A vivid portrait of the troubled journey of a mother and daughter who flee Guyana and try to set up new lives in America. Go to Full Review Eric Monder Film Journal International 11/05/2012
Interesting drama about an Indo-Guyanese teenager suffers from amateurish acting and writing. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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09/30/2020 It's actually a pretty good movie for an indy movie about a unique subject matter, location and culture. The over-all plot isn't really predictable, some of the performances and scenes are quite lovely, and it actually has some decent star power in the form of Mistri and Quinn. You genuinely worry about the protagonists. And despite the rather harsh professional reviews, I don't think one should underestimate the importance and benefit of seeing a story set in a culture that very rarely, if ever, gets any limelight shown on it at all. The imagery from and in Guyana are wonderful in their own right. Well, worth a watch. And again, unlike many, genuinely bad indy movies, this one actually has a storyline and acting that let you finish the whole thing and engage in the story. A nice first narrative effort from the director. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Shundell Prasad

Director

Melinda Shankar

Reshma

Aidan Quinn

Adem

Ritu Singh Pande

Meena

Stephen Hadeed Jr.

Ravin

Nandanie Dudhnath

Asha

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Festival of Lights

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Movie Info

Synopsis An immigrant family moves to Queens and rediscovers their Guyanese heritage.
Director
Shundell Prasad
Producer
Shundell Prasad, Graziano Bruni
Screenwriter
Shundell Prasad
Distributor
Truly Indie
Production Co
Major Motion Pictures Ltd.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 9, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 8, 2017
Runtime
1h 42m