2012 • 19 min
I Run While Talking to God
Fauja Singh was the world's oldest marathon runner. A Punjabi farmer who couldn't read, he started running at 89 to survive his grief, and he talked to God in the last six miles of every race.
2023 • 20 min
Lord and Lady Singh
Lord Indarjit Singh, the first turbaned member of Parliament and voice of BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day for over 35 years, and Lady Dr Kamaljeet Kaur Singh, a trailblazing educator and President of the Global Sikh Council, share their story of faith, service, and quiet defiance in Britain.
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2025 • 25 min
Ferrofluid
A ten-piece experimental band from Chandigarh travels to the Kabir Yatra in Rajasthan, blending folk, classical, and electronic music into one voice. A film about young musicians finding their sound, and the old poetry that still moves a crowd.
2025 • 15 min
Water Warriors
Punjab calls itself the land of five rivers, but it barely has two and a half. Water Warriors follows Dr. Manjeet Singh and the river cleanup movement he started one Sunday with a plastic bag.
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