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Growing Up Smith

It's the feel-good, coming-of-age story of Smith, a ten-year-old boy from India growing up in Small Town, America in 1979. As the boy's family tries to straddle the line between embracing the American Dream and preserving their Indian heritage, Smith sneaks out for a taste of Kentucky Fried Chicken,...

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Main Author: Lira, Michael (Composer)
Other Authors: Lotito, Frank (Film director, Film producer), Quinn, Paul, 1960- (Screenwriter), Houghton, Gregory Scott (Screenwriter), Straka, Steve (Film producer), Lee, Jason, 1970- (Actor), Nigam, Anjul (Actor, Film producer, Screenwriter), Sharbino, Brighton (Actor), Burton, Hilarie, 1982- (Actor), Jagannathan, Poorna (Actor), Chakrabarti, Samrat, 1975- (Actor), Akurati, Roni (Actor), Rathmell, Joshua (Editor of moving image work), Stanton, Thomas Scott (director of photography.)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cinedigm, [2017]
Subjects:
East Indians > United States > Drama.
East Indians > Cultural assimilation > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Coming-of-age films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:It's the feel-good, coming-of-age story of Smith, a ten-year-old boy from India growing up in Small Town, America in 1979. As the boy's family tries to straddle the line between embracing the American Dream and preserving their Indian heritage, Smith sneaks out for a taste of Kentucky Fried Chicken, dons a Saturday Night Fever costume, and contends with his parents as they send him to school with a yellow squash instead of a pumpkin to carve for Halloween.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Wide screen.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience:Rating: PG-13; for some language and brief drug use.
Production Credits:Editor, Joshua Rathmell ; music, Michael Lira ; director of photography, Thomas Scott Stanton.

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