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HEARTS SUSPENDED
Film
by Meghna Damani
The untold story of legal US immigrant spouses who are
denied the basic human right to work, revealed through the filmmaker's personal
struggles.
Hearts
Suspended is a short autobiographical documentary that reveals how highly
educated South Asian immigrant women struggle to survive in the United States
on their H4 or dependent spouse visas, which deny them work authorization. Once
independent, now completely dependent, they face loneliness, depression, loss
of self-identity, strained marital relations and - in extreme cases -
exploitation and abuse. Through a unique expressionistic combination of
visuals, monologue, verite footage and interviews, the film takes us on a
journey into the director inner turmoil's, search for spiritual strength and
eventual resolve to bring hope and political change for other women who are
frozen in time because of the restrictive nature of this visa.
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