Directed by Karan Singh

Logline: Clash of cultures, care of the elderly and four women trying to make sense of their unravelling family, this is Mum Singh.

Synopsis: Mum Singh is the story of a family that is confronted with the daunting choice of supporting a parent as part of the household or move them to an old folks home. The grandmother Mum Singh thrives being part of her daughter's family, particularly bonding with her granddaughter Norah. What will happen when her daughter and daughter-in-law decide to put her in an old folks home?

Distribution Contact: WFG

More Details

RUNTIME: 21 Minutes
GENRE: Narrative, Fiction
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Quebec
KEYWORDS: Aging, Women Of Colour, Queer Parenting, Immigration, Family, Culturally Diverse Filmmaker

Director's Statement: Mum Singh is inspired by the personal story of my mum. Some years ago, she came to live with my partner and I in our home in Canada. As a woman of South-Asian origin, she had to confront the challenge of living with a son-in-law who was not from her culture, at the same time navigating learning to be the mother of a gay son who decided to marry a man. Through years of emotional challenges, difficult choices and the clash of North American and Eastern cultures, our family still continues to navigate the choice of bringing and making our parents part of our homes when they leave their countries of origin and immigrate later in life, or making the choice and putting them in homes for the elderly, something that is frowned upon in Eastern cultures. As people move countries like never before in the 21st century, family systems and identities are changing, evolving and throwing up new challenges. My hope with this story is to share with my audience this real life situation that millions around the world find themselves confronted with.