In the sweltering Arabian Gulf heat Ananda’s dreams of a better life than the one she left behind in India are shattered after her child is forgotten on a school bus. Armed with the dead child’s ashes, she stands up against society’s ‘invisible’ caste, demanding accountability and refusing the customary blood money.
Wendy Bednarz
Director
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Ananda Ishwar
Kinda Alloush
Mira
Amit Sial
Gagan Ishwar
Aarushi Laud
Ravina Ishwar
Kshethra Mithun
Anju Ishwar
Zainab Hasan
Tasneem Farooqi
Dogana Essa
Amal
Mansoor Alfeeli
Major Abdullah
Sam Akel
Police Officer
Francesca Bizzarri
School Principle
Martin J. Corrado
Assistant Principal
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